begin quoting Paul G. Allen as of Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 10:08:06AM -0800: > On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 15:04 -0800, Ralph Shumaker wrote: [snip] > > Actually, the recommendation is to have your hands at 8-and-4 if you > > have an airbag in the steering wheel. Airbag deployment with your hands > > at 10-and-2 will likely break your arms. I don't know if this would be > > true at 9-and-3. > > Airbag deployment in a 1994 Mustang will break the windshield, rear-view > mirror, and the entire dash board!. It's not too comfortable on the > hands, wrist, or face either.
Important lesson -- LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL. All that (very hot) gas has to escape the airbag, and if it does so across the skin, you will get burned. > Oh, and because the front end is plastic and the triggers are behind the > plastic headlights, all it takes is a light impact with a high bumper to > destroy the car ($7000 for the dashboard and airbag replacement about 10 > years ago). That's how my 1995 Mustang died. -- <crunch> <beat> <beat> <boom> "WTF?" <beat> "OW!" Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
