[Vwdiesel] Head lights 91 Jetta

[James Hansen]

Well guys, a little side venture of mine is working as an x-ray tech.
My take on the airbag thing is that they were developed specifically to 
deal with the terrible and costly facial injuries received by occupants 
of vehicles that do not wear their seat belt.

Since the big seat belt push essentially driven by insurance companies, 
facial injuries from contact with windshield glass have dropped to 
almost nil, while head, neck and wrist injuries from airbags are their 
replacement, while the public is of the impression that safety comes 
from the airbags, not the belts it seems.

For example.  As I was tootling down the highway in my pristine 82 jetta 
na, a lady pulled onto the highway,  Rather than t-bone her, I swerved 
to the limit of an 82 Jetta, and sheared off the front 2-1/2 feet of her 
grand am, causing some excitement, and an abrupt stop for her, as I spun 
a couple of times on the highway.  Her only injuries were facial, from 
the airbag.  Her first words on exiting the vehicle were "Thank God for 
the airbag."  Hmmm.

I race cars.  Seatbelts work just fine, 5 point belts work even better. 
With my HANS device on, a 50G momentary load is something you walk away 
from, and I think that's pretty cool.
In a passenger car, airbags are only going to help if the car gets 
significantly shortened and you get into the steering column, Or you 
don't wear your belts in teh first place.  The one biggest stupid thing 
is that damn knee bar in the 97 Passat. It's there so you can not wear 
your belts and still hit the airbag correctly while fracturing your 
femurs. Nice trade off.

The side curtain jobs save a lot of cuts and stuff from the side glass, 
they aren't a bad idea for rollovers..
Incidentally, other than changing steering wheels, installing an airbag 
system into any vehicle isn't too involved, 55 chevy or model t. It's 
just a small explosive package inside a balloon with a detonator and 
controller.

-james


Sandy Cameron wrote:
> At 06:14 PM 11/11/2007 -0600, "Tony and Lillie" wrote:
>> Imagine a general driving public so uneducated that airbags are necessary to 
>> keep it's people safe ;-)
> 
> Only safe way to transport idiots is to wrap them liberally in bubble-pack,
> stuff them into metal tubes, and fire them from guns.
> 
> And the human cannon ball, presumeably a professional, didn't need the
> bubble-pack.
> 
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