Yes airbags have been proven extremely valuable over and over again.
When I worked on Mercedes advertising, I was able to witness some
offset and full frontal impact crash testing. the airbags provided far
better head protection than seatbelts alone. And side airbags and side
curtain airbags have just made cars that much safer. The next
Defender, BTW, is equipped with air bags. The lack of them in the
current models wasn't a matter of intelligent choice, it was simply a
matter of inadequate resources.
Paul
On Mar 30, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Your forehead can survive lots, but not an 80g crash into the bar at
the top of the windshield. Race car drivers wear helmets and that's
why I'm happy with my side airbags. Seatbelts will keep your butt in
place, but not your head. When my brain's gone, just send me to the
organ harvesters.
Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:44 AM, frank theriault
<knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Cotty <cotty...@mac.com> wrote:
On 29/3/09, eactiv...@aol.com, discombobulated, unleashed:
Makes me feel less unprotected by my airbags now.
One of the unfortunate things about Land Rover Defenders and their
50-
year old design is the lack of any airbags.
One of the interesting things is that in the 70,000 miles I have
done in
2 years in it, I have learned respect for defensive driving.
Seatbelts protect from more types of crashes than airbags. In fact
airbags without seatbelts can be quite dangerous (seatbelts help keep
you in place so the bags hit you in the "right place" and don't do
more damage than help).
Personally I think that the advantages of airbags are exaggerated
(especially since they're basically explosive devices that shoot a
plastic shield at your body and high speed) whereas the advantages of
seatbelts have been underplayed. I would never feel safe i a car
without wearing seatbelts, but I really don't care if my car has
airbags or not.
Think about it: race cars have seatbelts, not airbags. There must
be
a reason for that...
cheers,
frank
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