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From: sykora@csd2.UUCP (Michael Sykora)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: airbags
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Date: Fri, 3-Jan-86 14:35:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  3 14:35:00 1986
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>/* mat@mtx5a.UUCP (m.terribile) /  5:54 pm  Dec 30, 1985 */

>By the way, a study showed that people who wear seat belts use LESS energy
>just riding in the car than those who don't.  Where's the comfort?

And people who are crucified use less energy than those having sex.
Less energy use does not necessarily mean more comfort.

>And harder to test the damned thing without destroying it.  What about the
>person whose eyglasses can't be made of safety glass?  When the bag fires
>and shatters the lens, it blinds him.  The seat belt won't do that.

Then THOSE people shouldn't use airbags.

>Seat belt laws mean the not wearing a seat belt will make it impossible for
>someone to collect insurance money for harm that he could have mitagated or
>prevented.  Why the hell should he collect MY insurance money for HIS
>aforethough negligence?

When you contract with an auto insurance company, you generally agree to pay
a premium and the insurance company generally agrees to compensate you in the
event of an accident.  I believe, generally speaking, insurance contracts
contain no provisions stating that insurance companies cannot use the money
obtained from your premium for what they deem appropriate.

>Dammit, I want my harness.  Seat belts are NOT just emergency (read collision)
>protection, they are basic equipment necessary for the safe operation of an
>automobile.

Spare us the tantrum.  If seatbelts are basic equipment for the safe operation
of an automobile, why is it that the vast majority of drivers who don't use
seatbelts are not involved in accidents.

>	from Mole End			Mark Terribile

Mike Sykora