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From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Air bags are reckless endangerment o - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 30-Jun-83 15:42:07 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 30 15:42:07 1983
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When my father took his car to the dealership to get the brakes fixed, he
had a conversation with the dealer who is interested in whether air-bags
will become popular in Canada. The dealer doesnt like them. He has been
to a North American car saleman convention however, where he was told
to sell cars by advertising "No Seatbelts!" -- not that you dont have
to wear them if you have airbags, but at the cars WILL NOT come equipped
with them. You will have to order them special. This means, of course, that
new rental cars will for the most part NOT have seatbelts.

In Ontario we have a setbelt law. However, some of the cars sold in Ontario
are made in tthe States, just as some cars sold in the States are made in
Oshawa, Ontario. There is a problem when there is more than one standard,
from the point of view of the automobile manufacturer.

laura creighton
utzoo!utcsstat!laura