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Re: 3 pt belts

To: Chris Thompson <cthompson@rrinc.com>
Subject: Re: 3 pt belts
From: sosnaenergyconsulting@home.com
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 21:51:00 -0800
Chris:
Just read the article by Malcolm Gladwell.
Wow.

Thanks for the link.

David Sosna

Chris Thompson wrote:
> 
> Yep, that's them.  I was about to order from Moss - I think you told us the
> part number a few months back, but I decided to call Rick first just to see.
> I think they may have been a few $$'s more than Moss, but I would always
> rather put money in the pocket of Rick, or Kurt, or the other specialists
> who help us all so much to keep these 35 year old cars on the road....
> 
> A friend was hit head-on last week at 60mph by a lady who crossed the
> median, and the next day I hit a deer (in my Stealth) that jumped out of
> nowhere.  Got me off the dime to get the 3 pointers.  Anyone know where the
> airbag mounting points are?
> 
> Great article in the New Yorker a few months back by my favorite writer,
> Malcolm Gladwell, about the history of safety measures in cars since the
> 60's, and how they were all pretty much derived from the belief that you
> could never get people to wear seat belts.  Article describes how seat belts
> are the key, though, and could have saved the US billions if we hadn't
> listened to Ralph Nader. I'm now embarrassed to say that I worked for Nader
> back in 1970 or so, and can back up Gladwell's observations.
> 
> http://www.gladwell.com/2001/2001_06_11_a_crash.htm
> 
> Chris
> 
> Steve L wrote:
> Mine are stamped BEAMS, (as in Sun) and tagged:

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