The author argues that America rejected the nanny state until ronald regan told them to. The only thing we ever see throughout history in the us of reducing accidental debths is regulation and government cost on accidents, he says. What are three, two or three things that you would want auto makers to do tod like to day? If you could just have them all officially changed design or the size of vehicles, what would you priatise?
Jessie Singer's new book There Are No Accidents has made a big splash in the road safety community and far beyond, by interrogating a word that makes most people nod and move on: "accident." On this week's episode, Singer joins Alex, Kirsten and Ed to discuss how she became fascinated with the word, the realities she discovered behind its bland façade, and what it all means.