What is the industry’s approach to underride protection? Is it anything like the Japanese attitude of Kaizen? This blogpost caught my attention:

I am reminded of a Japanese word: Kaizen. I read a book once that discussed the difference between the American mindset and the Japanese mindset – explaining that Kaizen is a Japanese word meaning “improvement or change for the better”. Kaizen is defined as a continuous effort by each and every employee… to ensure that there’s continual improvement. The book suggested the American mindset is to build something, work hard at it, step back, admire it, and then move on. The Kaizen mindset is to continue to improve what was built. . . This isn’t about perfectionism. The perfectionist mindset is fixated on what is wrong. The improvement mindset is fixated on what we can make better.

If that was our mindset in the United States, what might we hope to see in underride protection progress? How many more lives might be saved?