On Mar 30, 2009, at 2:37 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net
> wrote:
Yes airbags have been proven extremely valuable over and over
again. When I
worked on Mercedes advertising, I was able to witness some offset
and full
frontal impact crash testing. the airbags provided far better head
protection than seatbelts alone. And side airbags and side curtain
airbags
have just made cars that much safer. The next Defender, BTW, is
equipped
with air bags. The lack of them in the current models wasn't a
matter of
intelligent choice, it was simply a matter of inadequate resources.
Paul
Airbags are certainly extremely valuable, but they work much better if
the occupant is also in a seatbelt.
cheers,
frank
Undeniably. In fact car company lawyers wont allow the mention of
airbags in advertising unless its accompanied by a notice that the
seat belts must be worn as well. Airbags can, in fact, be dangerous if
the belts aren't worn. Restraint systems utilize a combination of
approaches to achieve effectiveness, and because the various
components are engineered to work together, a pick and choose strategy
is deadly.
Paul
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