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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: airbags [vs. seatbelts]
Message-ID: <2613@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 21-Dec-85 02:20:33 EST
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Keywords: seat belts, airbags

In article <761@unc.unc.UUCP> biagioni@unc.UUCP (Edoardo Biagioni) writes:

[examples of advantages for airbags]
> ... I can't think why anyone would prefer seat belts to airbags....

David Anthony answered this one pretty well.  Suffice to say that
I like seat belts because they hold me in place.  Whenever we have
a good snow I like to go out to an empty parking lot and practise
skidding.  If you try this without seatbelts, you may find out the
hard way why I like them.
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