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From: john@gcc-bill.ARPA (John Allred)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: But at what cost...
Message-ID: <325@gcc-bill.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 08:43:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: gcc-bill.325
Posted: Fri Sep 20 08:43:57 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 05:10:58 EDT
References: <388@decwrl.UUCP> <354@mecc.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@gcc-bill.UUCP (John Allred)
Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma (Home of the HyperDrive)
Lines: 28
Keywords: seatbelt cheaper airbag
Summary: 

In article <354@mecc.UUCP> sewilco@.UUCP (Scot E. Wilcoxon) writes:
>
>But it would be necessary to prevent someone who doesn't use
>a seatbelt from buying one of those cars.  So a "seatbelt customer" car
>somehow must be undesirable for someone who doesn't use belts.  But making
>the car undesirable has to be cheaper than adding air bags to it.
>
>1) A very bothersome replacement (fog horn for 5 minutes?) for the present
>"seatbelt not fastened" buzzer/chime, and a smarter controller for it.
>The combination should be more expensive to disable than the difference
>between this option and airbag option (or else people will buy the
>cheaper car, disable fog horn, and cut the belts).  Maybe connect the
>sensors to the electronic car radio?  A few circuits in the radio can be
>the controller..and bothersome noises can be emitted through the radio
>speakers.  People like radio in the car, so they'd tend to not disconnect
>the speakers.  What about people who want their own audio system instead
>of standard radio?
>
>Scot E. Wilcoxon	Minn. Ed. Comp. Corp.      circadia!mecc!sewilco
>45 03 N / 93 15 W	(612)481-3507 {ihnp4,uwvax}!dicomed!mecc!sewilco

Why do you insist on making the seat belt interlocks unbeatable??  If an idiot
really wants to drive around without belts (i.e., has suicidal tendencies),
its his/her business, and no one else's.
-- 
John Allred
General Computer Company 
uucp: seismo!harvard!gcc-bill!john


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