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From: wersan@daemen.UUCP (John Slasher Wersan III)
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Subject: Re: Seat belts
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Date: Tue, 30-Apr-85 13:33:23 EDT
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Flame ON!!!!

In a previous article a person by the name of "Chuck" states:
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> ....<airbags> can go off in a glancing
> collision blocking the drivers view from avoiding a second collision).

	How far from the truth can you get! The idea of air bags is not 
	something new, they have already been installed in some test cars
	some years ago. Do you even understand how they work???

	An airbag activates and inflates in less than a second. It
	is not a continious inflation. If the airbag should go off 
	IT DOES NOT BLOCK THE DRIVERS VISION!!, after activation
	it deflates slowly, allowing the driver to move it out of
	the his or her way.
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>   I am a big auto racing fan, and have seen guys survive head on collisions
> with walls at 180+ mph. 
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> -Chuck
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	Here we go again!! If you are such a big fan, as you say,
	you would know WHY they survive these collisions!
	First off they wear MULTI-POINT SEATBELTS, which
	are nothing like the belts in passenger cars.
	Secondly, and I would say this is a good point,
	THE CARS ARE DESIGNED TO ALLOW THE DRIVER TO SURVIVE
	SUCH COLLISIONS!!!!, passenger cars, were designed
	with collisions as a major priority, but not the number
	one priority. They are trying to sell cars. Not tanks!
	Fuel economy plays a major part in thier design of a
	car. You should know that if you beef up the crash
	resistance on a car, fuel economy goes into the toilet.
 

	I myself would rather forgo the fuel economy, for
	a safer car. But I don't run G.M. and the like
	so my thoughts don't mean a thing.

Flame off!!
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