James H. Nazarian had this to say:
>...Now the bad news: when the next car hit her from behind,
>the driver was driven backward into the seat, but rebounded into the dash,
>straightened up, then hit the dash again when her car collided with one in
>front of her. An air bag was needed in this part of the accident. As other
>cars spun and hit from the side and every other way, there were no side air
bags nor
>anymore front airbags to protect drivers or passengers. She was killed by the
>secondary, tertiary and/or quaternary impacts. Another participant was killed
>when his car was shoved off the road down a deep embankment that looked like
the
>Grand Canyon. Real seat belts might have saved either of them.
>
Hey! these people were *supposed* to be wearing their seat belts. In
California it's the law. They didn't. They died. Sad, but simple. If they
had worn their seat belts, the air bag could have done its job better,
*and* they would have been held in place during the secondary impacts.
What can you say? People who don't buckle up because they feel "secure"
because they have air bags probably don't lock their doors because they
feel "secure' about their alarm system. It makes just as much sense...
just don't blame the air bags.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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