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From: mary@bunkerb.UUCP (Mary Shurtleff)
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Subject: Re: Re: PISSED OFF (seatbelts)
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Date: Mon, 21-Jan-85 14:06:50 EST
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Re the Research Safety Vehicle mentioned in a previous posting:
> 
> Some of the other things you mention are quite reasonable, and some have 
> already started to be incorporated in cars.  I believe that the VW Rabbit was
> the first production car to have the passenger compartment ride up over the
> engine compartment in a front end collision.  
> I expect that many
> of the design issues in the RSV will be incorporated into 
> future cars, but you are talking about a process which might
> take decades.  Change is fast these days, but just look at 
> how long it took front wheel drive cars to become *universal*.
> 

Many of the safety features of the RSV (except the air bag) are available,
and have been for some time, on two Swedish imports, the Saab and the Volvo.
I don't know which was the first to be designed with all the safety features,
but the point is, both cars have the design features which are only speculation
for domestic makes at the moment.  BTW, these cars are very much in demand
these days, so the public (or some part of it, anyway) must have some idea
of what's good for it :-) ! 

M. Shurtleff    ........decvax!bunkerb!mary