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From: korn@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Peter "Arrgh" Korn)
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Subject: Re: Seatbelts, NTSB revelations
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Date: Thu, 21-Aug-86 17:01:15 EDT
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In article <1897@udenva.UUCP> showard@udenva.UUCP (Steve "Blore" Howard) writes:
>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.

I don't know the statistics on head-on collisions vs. non-head on collisions,
but having been in the back seat of a head-on collision, I can assure you,
all studies' evidence to the contrary, that I jack-knifed into the seat
in front of me and messed up my face quite a bit.  That wouldn't have happened
had I been wearing a shoulder strap.

Geeze, how hard can it be to put in shoulder straps in the rear as well as
the front?  It's easily worth an additional $20 in the cost of a new car.

Peter

P.S.  Why is this in net.NEWS and not net.auto?
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