Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:26:53 GMT From: James Sweet <jamessweetnospamail.com> Subject: Re: expected current draw when car is off
> > Thank the US government for those, they weren't Saab's idea. In '87 or > '88 a law was passed that all _imported_ cars had to have either passive > belts, or airbags. Airbags weren't ready (to Saab's standards) by that > time, so that's why we have the mousebelts. > > As you say, they probably cause more problems than they solve. As > happens so often, a bunch of lawyers came up with a law with unintended > consequences...go figure. > Must have been later than '87, my '87 Volvo has neither power seatbelts (thankfully Volvo never used that garbage) nor airbags, something else I'm not entirely sold on, but at least airbags are not invasive so long as nothing goes wrong with the system.