Cars are Safer and Technology Promises More of the Same

As usual, here's another car update, this time focusing in on safety technology.

CBS/AP-The insurance industry designated dozens of new cars and trucks, led by Ford Motor Co. and its Volvo subsidiary, to its annual list of the safest vehicles Tuesday, helped by the increased use of anti-rollover technology. Seventy-two cars, trucks and SUVs received the top safety pick designation for 2009, more than double the number of vehicles in the 2008 model year and three times the number in 2007.

Things can only get better too, if only the auto makers survive the Bush economic downturn.