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>>jasonc+(OP)
There’s degrees of “conquered”. Seat belts ‘conquered’ motor vehicle trauma before airbags did. Each new thing helps fill in the gaps left by the already-existing things.

>>taneq+wG
I question your example

While airbags functioning properly with a properly sized adult reduce trauma, that's a lot of conditionals.

Seat belts conquered ejection and death, but people still didn't wear them, so active restraint and airbags became policy to have at least their 13% chance of being effective.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4366828/#sec1-1...