Saying the air traffic controller work force was "too white," the Obama Federal Aviation Administration allegedly replaced hiring standards based on science, math and ability to handle intense pressure with rules designed to increase racial diversity. It's hard to find a more flagrant example of bureaucrats putting people's safety and lives so low on their list of priorities. Difficult but not impossible.
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards also play with people's lives. Enacted in the 1970s amid fears of imminent oil depletion, the rules require that cars and light trucks on average across each manufacturer's entire smorgasbord of vehicles must get better and better mileage over a period of years.