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From: pete@valid.UUCP (Pete Zakel)
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Subject: Re: "A Design Proposal That Would Make Passenger Planes Safe"
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Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 23:13:37 EST
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> In article <1029@lsuc.UUCP> msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) writes:
> >That may be, but nobody has tried backwards seats on airliners hereabouts;
> >the safety improvements tend to be independent of passenger comfort matters.
> >Mark Brader
> 
> I have traveled backwards too, and do so whenever I get a chance. European
> trains do offer the option of sitting with your back to the engine, if you
> prefer.
> 			Ed Biagioni

I have ridden backwards on the local BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) electric
trains, and I find it makes me slightly dizzy and slightly nauseous (sp?).
I don't know whether it would affect me the same way on an airplane.  What
I would like to know is: How much safer is it to fly seated backwards?
to ride a train seated backwards? Compared to using four or five point
seat harnesses riding forwards?  How many lives would it save? compared to
how many people fly?  And is the dizziness, nausea general or is it just me?

-Pete Zakel (..!{hplabs,amd,pyramid,ihnp4}!pesnta!valid!pete)