Talk:Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

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One important thing that appears to be missing from the article entirely (other than a brief note that I just added to the intro) is that the IIHS is also involved in highway design and traffic policy issues. See here: http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/roadway-and-environment/topicoverview. Their history section also lists a few landmark cases where they influenced policy.

For instance, it promoted red light cameras. This is a particularly interesting story because there's the question of whether insurance companies actually benefit from drivers getting more tickets (even though they do benefit from driver safety). This study is somewhat controversial. However designing highways to avoid hazards, I don't see any particular conflict of interest there, but maybe I'm missing it.

Also missing from this article is the fact that IIHS was a staunch supporter of the National Maximum Speed Law (NMSL) while it was in effect, and is to this day an ardent foe of higher speed limits; the IIHS and its researchers have authored many studies aimed at proving that higher limits and the faster driving speeds resulting from them, cause more deaths and injuries on American highways since the NMSL was modified to allow 65 mph limits on rural freeways in 1987 and repealed entirely in 1995. This contradicts the long-term trend of declining traffic deaths and death rates since 1989. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:3BE0:5A60:78C4:18F6:17C3:1449 (talk) 13:09, 12 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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