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- From: faulkner@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Brian )
- Subject: Re: Seat Belts Releasing in Crashes: Institute for Injury Reduction
- Message-ID: <By2wtB.3v@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- References: <1992Nov20.151917.20722@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> <1ejmb4INNl2l@travis.csd.harris.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 18:31:45 GMT
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- kbeal@amber (Ken Beal) writes:
-
- >Charlie Preston (crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu) wrote:
- >: BTW I do *not* want air bags in my vehicles!
-
- > Why not? I agree with your discussion of collision avoidance, but
- >I'd want as many backup systems keeping me alive as possible. Yes, cars
- >should be computer-controlled to avoid many accidents, but if the computer
- >fails, I'd want human controls built in as a backup -- and the ability for
- >the operator to override the computer.
-
- > Likewise, I'd want to have air bags as well as seat belts, and
- >a honeycomb design to increase strength, and a folding engine compartment
- >like Volvos have (so that *it* crushes, instead of the passenger
- >compartment). It's simply a matter of redundancy in safety design, something
- >that we do all too little of (because the costs involved in redundancy
-
- I don't think I want a car with an air bag because I've heard they can
- blow your ear drums in certain situations because of the explosive inflation
- rates inside a closed area. I don't know how true this is, but it is
- something to consider when choosing between the mandatory passive
- restraint or air bags...
-