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From: seifert@ihuxl.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Make mine seatbelts. - (nf)
Message-ID: <441@ihuxl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 15-Jul-83 10:38:09 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 15 10:38:09 1983
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>          But now during the air bag debate, we  get  to  hear  a
>          wonderful story about how air bags would not be safe if
>          the guy in the car next  to  you  hits  a  deer  on  an
>          interstate   highway.   Come  on,  lets  stop  relating
>          STRANGE accidents to support our arguments and not give
>          any  more  credence  to  the one in a million accidents
>          than they deserve.  I don't understand how one  BIZARRE
>          accident  can make up your mind about air bags forever.
>          I'm much  more  influenced  by  articles  in  reputable
>          magazines   (Consumer  Reports,  etc.)  than  by  SCARY
>          stories.

	[[ capitalization is mine ]]

So since when is hitting an animal strange and bizarre? I see
dead animals on the road almost every day. Unfortunate? Yes.
Sad? Yes. Strange and bizzare? No.

Also, why does everyone quote Consumer Reports as if it were
the Gospel?  Yes, I suppose they are "reputable", and they
try very hard.  I ocassionally read what they have to say
about small appliances such as toasters, window fans,
and answering machines. But their point of view is so far
into 'never mind performance, buy the cheapest
product that doesn't disintegrate when you look at it
cross-eyed' that I have to take most of what they say with
a good deal of salt.  For any product that has enough interest
to have its own magazine, I look at the specialist magazine
instead of CR.

				Dave Seifert
				Windy City BMW Club
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