For many centuries road transport had been ensured by horse-drawn carriages. Only around 1830, with the appearance of the first steam engines, the idea of a motor vehicle as we see it today was born. However, it has been many years before the subject of security was introduced. In fact, up to the 1960s, crashes and casualties were considered mainly the consequence of human behaviour and vehicles were considered as safe as manufacturers could make them. For this reason during the first half the 20th century the common understanding was that safety countermeasures should be mainly focused on education and training of drivers, stricter rule-enforcements and better road conditions.