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From: hgp@houem.UUCP (#H.PAGE)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Reliability of passive restraints
Message-ID: <431@houem.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 09:52:45 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  9 09:52:45 1986
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Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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	Since an air bag is not tested unless it is used, how does one know that
	it will work when needed?  For those who have air bags, is it convenient,
	or even possible, to test them?  If a seat belt has inertial-lock reels,
	one can test them by stomping the brakes or lunging forward in the seat.
	-- 
		George Tomasevich, ihnp4!twitch!grt
		AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ
	
	
Indeed. Consider the case of a ten year old automobile located in an area
where corrosion is a problem (Cleveland, for example). Will the airbags
sitll operate?

It will be interesting to watch our legal system in action the first time
an airbag fails to operate correctly.


Howard G. Page   AT&T  HO 3D-534, +1 201 949-0366, ..!ihnp4!houem!hgp
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Howard G. Page   AT&T  HO 3D-534, (201)949-0366, ..!ihnp4!houem!hgp