On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 04:03:18 GMT, wrote:
On 15 Dec 2004 15:56:00 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

Right. The stupid people who aren't wearing seatbelts now "because I has
airbags, yuh see", are the same stupid people who weren't wearing seatbelts
before airbags came along.

Unfortunately the publicity campaign for air bags has given some
people the idea that air bags are a substitute for seat belts. This is
massively untrue, but a lot of people believe it.

Can you point me to a single example of this?

Technology doesn't make stupid people more, or less, stupid. It just
changes what they're going to be stupid about.

True, but PR campaigns that misinform can make even fairly bright
people act in truly stupid ways.

Not hardly. If they make a stupid decision, it's them doing it. Them
misunderstanding "Airbags, as a supplimental restraint system, will make you
safer" doesn't mean they've been misled, it means they don't comprehend
well.

Dave Hinz