In message , "dennis@home"
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"Jethro" wrote in message
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My brother started off once, while I was still putting my seatbelt on.
He'd got to about 10mph, and had to really slam the anchors on for some
reason. Because I was looking down, and unprepared I went straight into
the screen, and had a wonderful duck egg for weeks. I was amazed at how
much force was involved. If it had happened at 30, I'm sure I would have
gone through the screen.

Just think what would happen if the air bag went off, you would be dead now.
Air bags make it safer *if* you are seated correctly and kill you if
you are leaning down.
Air bags were first tried out as an alternative to seat belts - and were
abandoned as dangerous to the point of being lethal. However later it
was realised that they did work well in conjunction with seat belts. So
the worst thing you can do is ride in a car with airbags without wearing
the seat belt. You're a statistic waiting to happen.
--
hugh