Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 21:41:55 GMT From: "Davo" <whatevernopsamever.net> Subject: Re: EMT's - question for you
<davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message news:3c1e0ffd$0$35568$272ea4a1nopsam.execpc.com... > Is it common knowledge that airbags are packed with a powder that can be > mistaken for smoke? IMHO, I don't think it is common knowledge. I consider myself fairly intelligent and reasonably versed in car mechanisms etc, however I suppose this is one that I just hadn't considered. Pure ignorance to be honest. I imagine *most* other drivers would be the same, and fall for my mistake of smoke. The guy that pulled me out of my prang was a caby. He didn't realise either. You'd think he'd know. >I've known it so long, it's second-nature to me. Of course. In one's field of expertise, things do become second nature. > Some folks are pretty freaked out by it, and some aren't. Tastes nasty, > by the way, when you inhale it, but it's mostly cornstarch and/or talcum > powder. Definatly an acrid smell. YUK!!! Can't say I recall tasting it. Davo