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From: mary@bunkerb.UUCP (Mary Shurtleff)
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Subject: Re: Re: Seat Belts - blaming the victim
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Date: Mon, 6-May-85 13:00:15 EDT
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> Anyway, $8000 then is like
> about $11,000 in todays dollars.  If they could make a car that
> had that amount of safety and compared well with current cars in
> features, they'd DO IT!  All you need are about 1 million safety
> fanatics to make a profit.  I'd buy it.

They DO make safe cars for ~12K or so--have you looked at many of today's
European cars?  Volvo and Saab especially are known for their safety features,
and you can get a reasonably-equipped model for a little under 12K.  BTW,
lots of people do buy them--they're not just for safety fanatics.



M. Shurtleff