Miata Mailing List: August 1997, Message #134
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From: 	Espen Tandberg <miata@alpha.bowe.no>

Subject: Re: Safety of a Miata

Date: 	Sat, 2 Aug 1997 18:38:40 +0000



With cars there are always two types of safety, passive- and active.

Passive safety being

such as impact zones, seat belts, airbags etc., and active safety being

the cars ability to

"sneak out of" dangerous situations, meaning that the car wont to a 360

if you slam the

brakes in a corner or do quick maneuvers to avoid obstacles etc.. I know

the Miata's

passive safety is good enough to pass government restrictions, that

should count for

something, right? When it comes to active safety the Miata is a lot

better then many many

many wonderful cars out there. I'd rather steer clear of that big elk

that popped up in the

middle of the road rather then waiting for a seat belt and a airbag to

hug me when I slide

into it with four locked wheels :) I know that's not always an option,

though.



People rarely mention active safety when talking about car safety.



Espen