"Dave Hall" wrote in message
ups.com...
The Sawstop may be like brakes and airbags in some respects, but I have
not seen airbags that cost more than an entry level car. The SawStop
would eliminate entry level tablesaws completely as you can't add it to
a $200 benchtop. Even if you could somehow manage to fit this thing
into an entry level saw, the base price would have to double or triple
and the cost of it going off would be more than the pre-SawStop cost of
the saw. Incremental safety equipment additions to cars and such have
certainly added to the cost of such items substantially, but they have
not doubled or tripled the entry level price. The cost of an airbag
replacement hasn't yet reached the cost of the rest of the car.
Dave Hall

You might be interested in knowing that an accident that causes 4 or 5
thousand dollars worth of body damage on an entry level car that is a year
or two old may very well total the vehicle when you add in the replacement
cost of the air bags and interior trim parts that are damaged when the air
bags go off.