Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddi!rh From: rh@mit-eddi.UUCP (Randy Haskins) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: safe drivers and annual tests Message-ID: <316@mit-eddi.UUCP> Date: Sun, 26-Jun-83 12:42:27 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.316 Posted: Sun Jun 26 12:42:27 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jun-83 18:42:07 EDT References: ittvax.810 Lines: 13 On a slightly related topic: I noticed in the AP and NYT news digests that the debate on air-bags has been re-opened. I remember hearing about them being mandatory on all cars a few years back, and then (the auto industry lobby awakened as a slumber giant, wielding green magic in all its tentacles, and) no more was heard about it. In all the tests I ever heard of, the bag was activated in time to prevent serious injury (ie, the person striking the wheel or going out the windshield), and the bag never activated accidently. These buggers are practically perfect, and you don't even have to wear a seatbelt. Maybe we should all flame at our Congressmen. --Randy