[Frank Lee]

^I'll take that one: that would be non-hybrid. But you knew that already.

I feel, based on my known observed performance and published specs, that the level of safety my older cars provide as far as maneuverability, braking, crush resistance, active and passive restraints, and etc. is well above a standard or threshold that allows me to function within the U.S. traffic mix and operate within the statistical odds laid out previously. As long as I'm not engaged in something/operating something that is so deleterious that it pushes me into a whole different statistical realm of odds for a significant incident/accident/fatality, I think more and more features and especially more and more mandates are MOOT and as such are not desired by me and I especially don't want to pay for them, either to acquire, maintain, have them add complication to my life, or have them detract from other performance parameters I value more.

My apologies for not thinking to put that in my first post.