ronc@fai.UUCP (ronc) (12/25/85)
>> ... I can't think why anyone would prefer seat belts to airbags.... >David Anthony answered this one pretty well. Suffice to say that >I like seat belts because they hold me in place. Whenever we have >a good snow I like to go out to an empty parking lot and practise >skidding. If you try this without seatbelts, you may find out the >hard way why I like them. **** At last, another guy that admits to skid practice in snowy (deserted, I assume) parking lots. I happen to think this is really important. Besides learning the correct reflexes, it teaches you not to panic in a skid situation. I think it should be required for a driving license. (It's also fun.) In the same vein, for motorcycles, I think a year or so in the dirt makes you that much more likely to survive in the real world. Follow it up with some rainy parking lot practice (wear heavy clothes) and your chances improve even more. (I also took a tumbling class that I believe kept me from breaking bones on a couple of occasions.) You can't legislate safety. More laws don't make you a safe driver. It's up to us to take responsibility for our own actions. Ron -- -- Ronald O. Christian (Fujitsu America Inc., San Jose, Calf.) ihnp4!{pesnta,qubix}!wjvax!fai!ronc Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: "If you are seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it."