On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:52:46 -0700, Charles Spitzer wrote:

"Hank Gillette" wrote in message
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Whether it works or not, only time will tell. If you've seen the videos,
they are very compelling. Going back to the auto industry, there were a
lot of doubters about air bags when they were first introduced, but
their reliability has been remarkably good, and there are a lot of
people walking around today who would be dead or crippled without them.

and a whole bunch of (usually) kids killed by them.

I've been an EMT for about a dozen years. I have seen a lot more people
hurt very very badly by running into dashboards, windshields, all sorts of
other hard/sharp/non-moving stuff in a car, that they wouldn't have hit
if they had their belt on and had an airbag been between them and what
they hit. The statistics of airbag-related injuries show it's a _very_ small
amount compared to the injuries they prevent.