Sorry, are you saying car companies begged to be regulated for safety , or they just followed guidelines and improved the safety of their cars without writing articles about how dangerous cars are and they should be taken off the road ?
ah it's always a lovely day to drop some historical reference points
https://www.fastcompany.com/90781961/how-automakers-insidiou...
I could see how the push for larger more profitable suvs and trucks in the name of safety is similar— the only reason they’re safer is because small cars get crushed by big cars