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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 20:24:12 -0500
From: kai-mingnopsamlear.com (Kai-ming Mei)
Subject: Re: COMPLETELY talk about dismantling the safety features :)


When people wear seatbelts all the time, airbags don't help that much. A cost benefit analysis will show that airbags are/were a huge drag on the economy and save a remarkably small number of lives. The cost to consumers however is incredibly large. In article <MPG.121f5913b184f45398968bnopsam.earthlink.net>, saab_netnopsamAMyahoo.com wrote: > > > Well, I have a few issues with airbags, too, but I won't get into that > > :) > > > > Why not? I'd like to hear them, I have some issues with airbags too. > > Alright then... I don't like airbags because I have problems with my > lungs so for beginners, the thought of being in an accident with my > windows down and having to breath in the fumes of post-air bag release > scares me. My friend did for a very short while and she had a lot of > issues afterwards with her lungs, while before the accident she had no > problems; which leads me to believe that because I am in a worse position > to start out with that the end result would worse. The point of an > airbag is supposed to be to save my life. > > Secondly, I am afraid of it going off when it's not supposed to. A > front-end collision is not necessarily grounds to deploy an airbag, not > is a side-collision in my car since I don't have side air bags. I don't > know at what point the air bags are set to release, but I have imagined a > few practical situations where it could be detrimental to the situation > to have it deploy. > > Third, my airbag is HUGE. WHY? There's no need for my steering wheel in > my 1998 9000 CSE to bubble out like that. I've seen a lot of luxury cars > with airbags and none of them are as obtrusive as mine. I want my glove > compartment back, too. Making the whole thing an airbag is a safety > aesthetic and has no use. Again, I have seen a lot of luxury cars with > airbags and none of them have required the COMPLETE removal of the glove > box. > > I have seen things on the new kinds of airbags that use a different > vehicle for deployment which is supposed to be non-toxic. I will have > mine changed when this is available, hopefully into a steering wheel that > Saab is making that fits and isn't thick and big and ugly like mine is. > My friend has a 900S convertible with an older-style steering wheel like > my '88 9000S had and his has an airbag in it... I can't imagine why they > needed an extra 4-6 inches for a bubble to fit in the airbag in my car. > There's no electronics on my steering wheel so I wonder what else they > had to pack in there that made it so big. > > The seatbelts in Saabs I have found to be AMAZING. I know this from > being in ones in accidents and I've been very impressed. Wouldn't mind > trading in my Airbag for a 5-point seatbelt instead :) > > Does anyone know if/when the new, more "non toxic" type of airbags > are/will be available?

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