On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 18:19:53 GMT, "Upscale"
wrote:

wrote in message

and consider the consequences of a false deployment of that air bag at
200 MPH in a cluster of cars when one bumps into another....

Senseless statement. About as bad as saying that seat belts are dangerous
because you might accidentally choke yourself with one.



nope.

on the race track with all of the jostling for position and stiff
suspensions and whatnot the opportunities for false deployments is
much higher than for the highway. at 200MPH the result is certain to
involve the loss of control of a race car, generally in the middle of
a pack of other race cars. I'd guess airbags in race cars would cause
more accidents than they would be worth, IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.

for that matter, seatbelts DO present a choking hazard. I don't know
how much of one, but it is not zero, probably highest for kids and
very short people. however, they present a net gain in safety for
passenger vehicles.