> Actually, home fire safety also fits these criteria. In the US, I believe we
> should regulate/enforce traffic-safety more like fire-safety. Residential fire
> prevention has clearly been successful; traffic safety is an ongoing failure.
What would this entail? Most jurisdictions already require periodic inspections of automobiles, and as far as I know, most existing private buildings aren't legally beholden to fire codes.
However as a non-driver and non-homeowner, I'm not super familiar with either sort.