Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site gatech.CSNET Path: utzoo!linus!gatech!jeff From: jeff@gatech.CSNET (Jeff Lee) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: Seat Belts Message-ID: <771@gatech.CSNET> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 08:39:25 EDT Article-I.D.: gatech.771 Posted: Wed Aug 7 08:39:25 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Aug-85 01:35:31 EDT References: <316@baylor.UUCP> <145@batman.UUCP> <2193@amdcad.UUCP> <2364@amdcad.UUCP> Organization: School of Information and Computer Science, Georgia Tech, Atlanta Lines: 23 > I saw an assertion somewhere (not on USENET) that 1) air bags are better > than seat belts in protecting against the kind of accidents that seat belts > are good for and 2) air bags are good in some accidents which seat belts > can't handle at all. > > This sounds amazing (unbelieveable) to me but I'd be willing to listen to > explanations on how this could be so. I have read (consumer reports, again) that air bags are NOT a substitute for seatbelts. They are simply an enhancement to the existing safety systems. If you do not wear a seatbelt, you may still get thrown from the car or beaten when the car rolls or you are hit from the side. Air bags lessen injury during frontal impacts. I would like to see what kind of accident that seatbelts cannot handle very well (or even hinder survival). A good 3 point safety belt prevents forward motion and helps suppress motion side to side. It also holds you down if you decide to roll. What can't they do that might happen in some types of accidents? -- Jeff Lee CSNet: Jeff @ GATech ARPA: Jeff%GATech.CSNet @ CSNet-Relay.ARPA uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,hplabs,ihnp4,linus,seismo,ulysses}!gatech!jeff