Miata Mailing List: September 1998, Message #327

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John and I are on the same page here.

In a recent issue of Crain's Industry mag (forget the name but Crane
publishes AutoWeek too), there's an article relating to a rising number of
deaths and injuries due to air bags inclusing a young woman who was PARKED
(not undersized) and got amacked inthe chest when leaning forward to remove
the key from the ignition... and young men injured trying to ENTER a
vehicle when the air bag went off (which by the way, neither the
manufacturer nor the insurance company would replace because there was no
collision!!!!!!!!!!!!

In short, like the song goes, 'Take your air bag and stuff it!'.  If YOU
want to use one, that should be your perogative.  But don't force anyone
else.

People are NOT statistics whose lives may be traded by legislators for ANY
number potentially saved!


Ric

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> From: John Freas <jfreas@earthlink.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <miata@realbig.com>
> Subject: Re: Airbags (was Buying a used miata, with apologies for
reviving this topic)(NMC)
> Date: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 6:34 AM
> 
> Previously on Airbags, Matt Trostel <Matthew.A.Trostel@MCI.com> said...
> 
> > There's really no use discussing this topic if we don't look at both
> sides:
> > the number of people saved by the devices compared to the number of
> people
> > killed by them.
> 
> That's not a valid argument.  Seatbelts don't actively kill people,
> airbags do.  You don't need airbags if you wear a seatbelt, but there
they
> are anyway.  Killing some people in order to save others is an
> unacceptable solution.  The problem is that other people want to make
sure
> that *I* am safe in my car.  Apart from my personal belief that it's none
> of their damn business, I resent them putting an explosive device in
front
> of my face without giving me a choice.      
> 
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> John Freas (jfreas@earthlink.net)
> Red '90 Base-ish #7690
> Birmingham, AL
> Team LS1, SP, the Gap...
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> "I have no idea what those dimple things on the windshield frame are
for."
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