Miata Mailing List: November 1997, Message #1770
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From: 	Don Whiteside <whiteside@tequilaresearch.com>

Subject: Re: I'm jumping in with both feet (NMC)

Date: 	Thu, 13 Nov 1997 16:28:34 +0000



At 03:31 PM 11/13/1997 +0000, Dan Scolnick wrote:



>You can take issue with my airbag statement.  But you can't deny the simple

>fact of my statement

>

>AIRBAGS KILL.



87 people in roughly 10 years, 40+ were children improperly or not at all

secured. I don't have numbers on how many lives were saved by them, but a

cursory search shows that's about half the number of deaths that resulted

from reactions to asprin and penicillin last year.



>They also increase injury in many cases where there would otherwise be NO

>injury whatsoever.



How many accidents have no injuries at all where there would have been some? 



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