Tort liability implications of small car incompatibility with highway design.

Incompatibility between the small car and certain aspects of highway design is a factor in the toll of highway deaths and injuries. Tort liability implications are significant because potential liability is a factor in inducing greater compliance with safety standards, and, thus, in reducing highway deaths and injuries. Manufacturers are held to a standard of reasonable care in design to provide a reasonably safe vehicle, taking into consideration the environment in which it is used.