There were about 36 000 traffic fatalities in the US in 2015.  This is inherent to the trillions of miles traveled in affordable machines operated by drivers of variable competence, and nobody has a solution to fix the problem today.  Maybe one will emerge, but between now and that day we&#x27;re going to keep driving and keep killing each other.<p>Should engineers, admittedly lacking an absolute solution to traffic fatalities, forego seeking designs and materials that reduce the frequency and consequences of failure?<p>Rust delivers a higher degree of memory safety.  It is a better tool in the tool box and arguing that engineers should ignore it because their efforts are inherently flawed won&#x27;t work, any more than arguing that a new headlamp or traffic light design is futile.<p>Also, you should understand now what you&#x27;re up against.  The legacy stack is riddled with flaws; every day we face a deluge of security notices, some large fraction of which are caused by memory safety problems.  In other words, your opponents in this debate have an endless supply of ammunition.<p>Good luck with that.