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From: heliotis@rochester.UUCP
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Subject: Re: More on air bags
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Date: Thu, 30-Jun-83 10:45:08 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 30 10:45:08 1983
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Yes, make it an option!  I feel naked without my seatbelt, and therefore
feel that the $100-$300 I would have to pay for airbags is a waste of my
money.

I agree with Laura that, as long as the law only protects the welfare of
the person who might violate it, then it is probably a waste of time.
...Except in the case of those who cannot make mature decisions for them-
selves, e.g., children's car seat laws.

This leaves only the problem of insurance.  Maybe I'm naive, but wouldn't
it be possible to require all police to state in their accident reports
if the victims were wearing seat belts?  It would seem to me that people
being injured because of not wearing them would rarely be in a state of
mind or body to buckle up before the cops came.

In a more picky vein, I fear that the airbags will greatly interfere with
my working on the wiring, etc. under the dashboard.

Will these things be required on 1984 US-built cars?  I heard about some-
thing from the US Supreme Court recently.

					Jim Heliotis
					{seismo,allegra}!rochester!heliotis
					heliotis@Rochester