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This quotation illustrates how out of touch with reality a CEO of a large company can get. At the time, leading insurance companies were urging auto manufacturers to at least offer seat belts as an option. The Department of Transportation test also showed that airbags would save many lives and reduce injuries. Ford was not alone in refusing the examine the experiments seriously. Thousands of Americans died and were maimed while Airbags became an issue that had to be mandated politically rather than leaving it to the leaders of the automotive industry. This quotation is often used to show that the Private Sector simply cannot be trusted to place the public’s health and lives above their profits and hence regulation is needed.