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  1. Xref: sparky rec.autos:27335 misc.consumers:19287 misc.kids:28833 talk.politics.medicine:37 sci.med:21249
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!auspex-gw!news
  3. From: tpickett@auspex.com (Tom Pickett)
  4. Newsgroups: rec.autos,misc.consumers,misc.kids,talk.politics.medicine,sci.med
  5. Subject: Re: Seat Belts Releasing in Crashes: Institute for Injury Reduction
  6. Message-ID: <15572@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
  7. Date: 19 Nov 92 22:47:36 GMT
  8. References: <1992Nov19.065603.19747@r-node.gts.org>
  9. Sender: news@auspex-gw.auspex.com
  10. Reply-To: tpickett@auspex.com (Tom Pickett)
  11. Followup-To: rec.autos
  12. Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.  Engineering
  13. Lines: 20
  14. Nntp-Posting-Host: tpickett-mac.auspex.com
  15.  
  16. In article <1992Nov19.065603.19747@r-node.gts.org>, ndallen@r-node.gts.org 
  17. (Nigel Allen) writes:
  18. >    This is entirely consistent with NHTSA's shirking of its safety
  19. > duties under the Reagan-Bush Administration's anti-regulation
  20. > policies in the past NHTSA has declared as safe the following, to
  21. > name just a few examples;
  22. >    Cars without air bags, cars without rear shoulder belts, roll-
  23. > over prone utility vehicles, rupture-prone fuel tanks, child
  24. > restraints without side impact protection, door-mounted seat belts
  25. > that open in crashes, non-adjustable shoulder belt anchorages,
  26. > lacerating windshields, collapsing seat backs, slack-inducing belts
  27. > and antilock brakes.
  28.  
  29.  
  30. What is wrong with anti-lock brakes?
  31.  
  32.  
  33. Tom Pickett 
  34. tpickett@auspex.com or 74616.2237@compuserve.com
  35. SHO  GOZE
  36.