Safety Concept Cars Through the Years

Safety Concept Cars Through the Years
Entrants in the 2007 Michelin Challenge Design aren't the first to tackle the issue of designing safer vehicles.

Automakers and others have been creating safety-conscious concepts for several decades.

While we wait the unveiling of this year's winners, the following offers a review of some of the more interesting - and in some cases the most downright unusual -- attempts at safer vehicles from automakers and others.