RE: Euro bags

[Gary Bracken <gbracken@dimensional.com>]

All auto manufacturers urge vehicle occupants to buckle up, and all refer to air
bags as supplemental restraint systems.  Therefore, It's rather hard for me to
work up a lot of sympathy for those who are killed or injured by airbags
because they failed (chose not) to buckle up.

As for me, I'll buckle up and be grateful for the extra protection afforded by the
airbag should I be unfortunate enough to be involved in a serious frontal crash.
As one q-lister (an EMT, I believe) recently posted, it's better to be taken out of
a vehicle injured less because of belts + airbag than scraped out dead due to no protection whatsoever.

Finally, I am unaware of any research indicating that adults who are properly
belted in sustain significant injuries in crashes due to airbags.  If such
research exists, perhaps someone can inform all of us about it.  If it doesn't 
exist, why all the desire (by some on this list) to render airbags inoperable?

Cheers -

Gary Bracken
87 4kcsq (I know, no bags!)
92 300ZX (driver's side only)