Re: Air bags (again) (marginal Audi content)

[audidudi@delphi.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

>It is my view that very few people are better off without an air bag,
>but try telling that to the parents of this 11-year-old, whose death can
>now be added to the following NHTSA stats:
>
>Drivers saved by air bags: 2,191
>Drivers killed by air bags: 34
>
>Passengers saved by air bags: 314
>Passengers killed by air bags: 46 children and three adults.

The obvious question (to me, anyway) is how does the NHTSA calculate these
stats?  I suspect it's fairly easy to determine how many people were killed
by an airbag (then again, maybe not) but determining how many people were
"saved" seems *much* more problematic since the mere fact that an airbag
deployed and they lived doesn't necessarily imply a causal relationship
between the two event.

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