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- From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
- Subject: Re: Seat Belts Releasing in Crashes: Institute for Injury Reduction
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.022520.7141@netcom.com>
- Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting
- References: <1992Nov19.065603.19747@r-node.gts.org> <15572@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:25:20 GMT
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- tpickett@auspex.com (Tom Pickett) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov19.065603.19747@r-node.gts.org>, ndallen@r-node.gts.org
- >(Nigel Allen) writes:
- >> This is entirely consistent with NHTSA's shirking of its safety
- >> duties under the Reagan-Bush Administration's anti-regulation
- >> policies in the past NHTSA has declared as safe the following, to
- >> name just a few examples;
- >> Cars without air bags, cars without rear shoulder belts, roll-
- >> over prone utility vehicles, rupture-prone fuel tanks, child
- >> restraints without side impact protection, door-mounted seat belts
- >> that open in crashes, non-adjustable shoulder belt anchorages,
- >> lacerating windshields, collapsing seat backs, slack-inducing belts
- >> and antilock brakes.
-
-
- >What is wrong with anti-lock brakes?
-
- There were some serious problems with antilock brakes for trucks when
- they were first introduced. Presumably those problems have been
- eliminated by now.
- --
- Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
-
- GE knew there was lots of money to be made in the diagnostic medical
- machine field since it was only a matter of time before people started
- getting sick from the effects of all of GE's toxic and radioactive
- waste dumping. I expect GE to get into the Mortuary business next.
-