Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site steinmetz.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!edison!steinmetz!stern From: stern@steinmetz.UUCP (Harold A. Stern) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: Re: Seat Belts Message-ID: <231@steinmetz.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 15:44:04 EDT Article-I.D.: steinmet.231 Posted: Wed Aug 7 15:44:04 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 06:52:56 EDT References: <316@baylor.UUCP> <145@batman.UUCP> <2193@amdcad.UUCP> Organization: GE CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 9 > 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.