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Subject: re: Airbags
From: Mike Smith <msmith2@columbus.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 00:38:18 -0400
Just think of what the FDA would do if Viagra had a 15:1 (or even 30:1) 
live/kill ratio....

Mike

At 11:47 PM 10/17/2002 Thursday, you wrote:
>    The facts are that frontal airbags are only beneficial to belted
>occupants in a very small minority of crashes.  The rest of the time, they
>are detrimental, causing additional injuries and even death.
>
>         http://www.motorists.org/issues/airbags/airbags_optional2.html
>
>    The best that airbag proponents can claim is about 30:1 save/kill
>ratio.  Realistically, 15:1 is more accurate, and half of those were
>unbelted drunks.  That isn't an acceptable ratio for a mandated safety
>device.
>
>--
>  D a v i d  H i l l m a n
>  hillman@planet-torque.com

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