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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 17:16:43 -0500
From: "Fred W." <Fred.Willsnospamove this to reply to' myrealbox.com>
Subject: Re: Do You Have A Glove Box?


"Colin Stamp" <colinnospamp.plus.com> wrote in message news:31ado0pi8gqc510m2qpd922uoo80h934lfnospamcom... > On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 14:33:59 -0500, "Fred W." <Fred.Willsnospamove this > to reply to' myrealbox.com> wrote: > >> >>"Colin Stamp" <colinnospamp.plus.com> wrote in message >>news:b1u7o0lsmu3p4jjdb7tquo78o1227oa7fgnospamcom... >>> I've heard that one other reason why the US has a comparatively high >>> occurrence of people (not just children) being killed by airbags, is >>> that US airbags are much bigger than european ones. European ones are >>> designed to work alongside the seat belts. US ones (I think) have to >>> be able to protect people who aren't even wearing seat belts. >> >>You heard wrong. The US Airbags are meant to be used in conjunction with >>seatbelts just like yours. > > Where did I say they weren't meant to be used with seatbelts? > US airbags have an *extra* requirement above european ones - they have > to provide some last-ditch protection for beltless people. To meet > that requirement, they have to be bigger, more powerful and more > dangerous. Then let me clarify the intent of my reply: US airbags are only designed to effectively protect the occupants during a crash if they are also wearing their seatbelts. They are not designed to provide adequate protection when seatbelts are not worn. Any airbag would provide *some* amount of additional protection as compared to no airbag, even without seatbelts, but that is not the intention of the design. > > A casual Google seems to confirm. It seems I heard right after all. A casual Google gives me no sites that say otherwise. Please provide a link to any credible site that does. Thanks, Fred W

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