Not in the article scope but something worth considering if automotive safety is truly a top concern... I'm under the impression that placing all occupants in rear-facing seats reduces fatalities. This extended claim is often made when reading about infant and child automotive safety. If true, all passenger vehicles going forward could be built this way. (And when Level 5 automated driving is available, drivers become rear-facing passengers.) Cars, vans, buses, ... starting now.

OTOH, "the view is worse" sentiment may be culturally strong enough to cast a blind spot, so to speak, over such evidence.