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From: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: airbags
Message-ID: <253@cylixd.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 08:51:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: cylixd.253
Posted: Fri Sep  6 08:51:11 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Sep-85 04:44:16 EDT
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Reply-To: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
Organization: RCA Cylix Communications , Memphis, TN
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Summary: 

>
>Why should I have to spend another $1000 or more
>for a new car just because some idiots don't have enough sense to use
>the safety equipment that is already provided?  
>
>Ron Thompson

I am opposed to mandatory air bags, on roughly the same grounds as
Mr. Thompson.  I am tired of the government acting in loco parentis
for responsible adults.

However, I would love to be able to buy a car equipped with airbags.
Why can't the car makers offer them as an option?  

Note:  I always wear a seatbelt and shoulder harness, and would continue
to do so even if my car had an airbag.  However, I was involved in a
head-on collision a few years back, and even with a seat belt on I 
hit my face on the steering wheel.  (My '68 VW Beetle was not equipped
with shoulder harnesses.) 

		charli