Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rochester.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!rochester!heliotis From: heliotis@rochester.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: More on air bags Message-ID: <2106@rochester.UUCP> Date: Thu, 30-Jun-83 10:45:08 EDT Article-I.D.: rocheste.2106 Posted: Thu Jun 30 10:45:08 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Jul-83 04:30:18 EDT References: <4733@cornell.UUCP> Organization: University of Rochester Lines: 24 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