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From: showard@udenva.UUCP (Steve "Blore" Howard)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.legal,net.misc
Subject: Re: Seatbelts, NTSB revelations
Message-ID: <1897@udenva.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Aug-86 19:50:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: udenva.1897
Posted: Mon Aug 18 19:50:02 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 21-Aug-86 01:11:57 EDT
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Reply-To: showard@udenva.UUCP (Steve "Blore" Howard)
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Organization: Pathologial Li--ah, the, ah, White House, yeah
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Keywords: gizmo, doodad, thingjammer, dohicky
Summary: Not quite so revealing as all that
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In article <976@dadla.UUCP> rob@dadla (Rob Vetter) writes:
>
>	In a recent statement, the NTSB (National Transportation and
>	Safety Board) said that lap belts could cause injury (to
>	kidneys, spine, and other lower viceral organs) in the case
>	of an accident, and that they "don't know" if the benefits of
>	wearing them outweigh the risks.
>
      The results of that study apply only to back seat seatbelts ("back
seat belts" sounds funny.) and only to head-on collisions.  And, as 
with most studies and tests lately, the findings are being disputed by
several people.

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 That's the hand you use -- well, never mind" 

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