Pinto Madness

"Pinto Madness" followed the crazy story behind the production and aftermath of the Ford Pinto. With more advancements to cars in the recent years, the thought that a price could be put on human life is scary. The article mentions a conservative estimate of 500 burn deaths due to the Ford Pinto. There also have been recent problems, unrelated with Ford, with Hoverboards going up in flames and certain types of vape batteries exploding.

Although it is an insane thought, there isn't much that could be done to prevent some companies from calculating human life in their financial calculations. However, the judicial system has a "price", either money or time, that can be placed.The fact that the negligence on the engineers' behalf was allowed to happen is complete insanity. Engineers have a duty to manufacture items that are safe to use by the layman. Even if the companies have deep pockets to fight off litigation, morality should not be forgotten. As said in the article. safety was not a part of the product's objectives. The Ford President was even quoted to say "safety doesn't sell."