When I start to talk about Fix The Toaster with people, they almost always laugh, initially.
Then I start talking about numbers.
Like that fact that about 115 Americans die daily in car crashes. Most of which are avoidable
The fact that about 40,000 Americans die annually in car crashes.
The fact that almost 1/2 million Americans die in car crashes every 10 years.
Bring this up as topic. See what kind of response you get. Let's get the wheels spinning.
Also, do you tell your kids how dangerous driving in a car is? We frighten them about pool safety, walking with scissors, wrapping things around their necks, guns but do you let them know how dangerous it is to be in a car? It is the number one killer of people under 25 in the USA. You probably don't, because you don't want to scare them.
Because we have to drive.
I think we need to really look this issue in the eye, it is scary and it needs to be fixed.