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In reply to the discussion: "She stood up on her seat, raised her fists in the air and yelled, 'Airbags!'” [View all]ctsnowman
(1,903 posts)59. K & R
It was the seat belt that saved me but the facts are mostly the same. If you tried to pass seat belt laws now the baggers would be all over it.
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"She stood up on her seat, raised her fists in the air and yelled, 'Airbags!'” [View all]
Hissyspit
Feb 2014
OP
she got crushed between a gas tanker and a pickup, the airbags deployed and saved her life.
dionysus
Feb 2014
#5
When I was a kid there were horrific crashes like this by our house
FailureToCommunicate
Feb 2014
#61
I used to replace dashboards that had bits of skin and hair embedded in the broken plastic.
MindPilot
Feb 2014
#4
Yeah but Nader is to be hated around here according to the blue dogs and corpro-centrists.
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2014
#29
I agree that Nader was an easy target to blame but their were a number of reasons
rhett o rick
Feb 2014
#53
is there a threshold? i was in a minor accident that totaled the toyota, anti-lock brakes my ass,
pansypoo53219
Feb 2014
#37
So how fucked up was the truck driver that he didn't slow down for the long line of traffic, and
kath
Feb 2014
#50
They should be required even in used cars made before airbags were required.
Jimvanhise
Feb 2014
#64