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From: walker@oberon.UUCP (Mike Walker)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: If you could save lives, would you ?
Message-ID: <123@oberon.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 11:21:37 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 24 11:21:37 1985
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> In article <555@linus.UUCP>, meister@linus.UUCP (Phillip W. Servita) writes:
> > In article <184@batman.UUCP> gene@batman.UUCP (Gene Mutschler) writes:
> > >It's even easier than writing.  You get in your car and fasten your SEAT
> > >BELT.
> > I agree on the seat belts. However, if i really want air bags (and i do)
> > I CANT GET THEM.
> > Sorry, but we need air bags as well. 
> > 
> >                                             -the venn buddhist
> 
> I saw an article about a $150 airbag+steering wheel that replaces the
> steering wheel of a car.  It was described in Popular Muckanics a few
> years ago.  I concede that it was for drivers only, and it isn't as
> complicated as the stuff that's being rammed down our throat by the
> Feds, but any assertion that you can't buy airbags is false (unless
> the company went out of business - although I don't see how it could
> with a hundred million people desparate for airbags that the Big Bad
> Motor Companies won't let us have :-) )
> 
> Sorry - no reference - call your auto parts store if you're serious.
> 
> 
> -dick

If you guys really want an air bag in you car buy a Mercedes Benz!
Yes, there are MB's which have a driver side air bag.  The same
system also includes seatbelts that tighten on impact (they have
accelerometers in the car).

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Michael D. Walker (Mike)
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