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From: stern@steinmetz.UUCP (Harold A. Stern)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Re: Seat Belts
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Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 15:44:04 EDT
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> 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.
> 
>  Phil Ngai (408) 749-5720

Actually, it was my understanding that airbags are of little if any use
in accidents where someone hits you from the side.