From: utzoo!decvax!duke!phs!jfh
Newsgroups: net.auto
Title: Seat belts, again
Article-I.D.: phs.776
Posted: Sun Sep 19 19:33:12 1982
Received: Tue Sep 21 04:40:34 1982




	This is in response to physics!tpkq (physics.154)

	I think you have missed the point.  There is currently a
perfectly adequate protection mechanism, the seat belt, available in all
cars sold after some (mid-60s, I believe) year.  Many people, myself
included, feel that it has never been convincingly demonstrated that air-
bags provide protection superior to that of the seat belt.

	Your point about electrocution by consumer appliances or food
poisoning is not well taken.  Most people are not competent to judge
whether appliances or food are safe.  However, anyone competent to operate
a motor vehicle is capable of fastening a seat belt. Many don't because
of shear lazyness; a few have other reasons.

	I, and others like me, resent having to pay additional hundreds of
dollars for a complicated, unproven device simply because many people
are unwilling to use the highly effective device currently provided.

						Fran Heidlage
						duke!phs!jfh