Just think of what the FDA would do if Viagra had a 15:1 (or even 30:1)
live/kill ratio....
Mike
At 11:47 PM 10/17/2002 Thursday, you wrote:
> The facts are that frontal airbags are only beneficial to belted
>occupants in a very small minority of crashes. The rest of the time, they
>are detrimental, causing additional injuries and even death.
>
> http://www.motorists.org/issues/airbags/airbags_optional2.html
>
> The best that airbag proponents can claim is about 30:1 save/kill
>ratio. Realistically, 15:1 is more accurate, and half of those were
>unbelted drunks. That isn't an acceptable ratio for a mandated safety
>device.
>
>--
> D a v i d H i l l m a n
> hillman@planet-torque.com
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