The Ford Pinto is one of the most cited case studies in engineering ethics curricula, and for good reason: it's where mechanical design, cost-benefit analysis, and human life collided in the most uncomfortable way possible. This video from a tiny channel (40 subs) walks through the actual design decisions that made the Pinto's rear-end collisions so catastrophic — the placement of the fuel tank behind the rear axle with only nine inches of crush space, the unprotected filler neck that tore loose on impact, and the bolts on the differential housing that punctured the tank.

What separates a good Pinto explainer from a bad one is whether it engages with the engineering trade-offs rather than just moralizing. The infamous Ford cost-benefit memo (the $11-per-car fix vs. projected burn deaths) is a foundational artifact in how engineers are taught to think about risk, liability, and the limits of utilitarian calculation. Understanding why that math was wrong — both technically and ethically — is more useful than any abstract ethics lecture.

Caveat: at 40 subscribers and a punchy title, production quality may be modest. But the topic itself is dense enough with real engineering content (crash dynamics, fuel system design, FMVSS 301 standards) that even a competent walkthrough teaches something durable.