jfh (09/20/82)
This is in response to physics!tpkq (physics.154) I think you have missed the point. There is currently a perfectly adequate protection mechanism, the seat belt, available in all cars sold after some (mid-60s, I believe) year. Many people, myself included, feel that it has never been convincingly demonstrated that air- bags provide protection superior to that of the seat belt. Your point about electrocution by consumer appliances or food poisoning is not well taken. Most people are not competent to judge whether appliances or food are safe. However, anyone competent to operate a motor vehicle is capable of fastening a seat belt. Many don't because of shear lazyness; a few have other reasons. I, and others like me, resent having to pay additional hundreds of dollars for a complicated, unproven device simply because many people are unwilling to use the highly effective device currently provided. Fran Heidlage duke!phs!jfh