I couldn't tell what they hit from the article. With injuries so severe I can't help but wonder how fast they were going on that "icy" road. John Flaherty '84 GL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake Thornton" <thornton@math.utah.edu> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 3:07 PM Subject: Re: Vanagon Lawsuit
> This is quite sad and interesting. It made me wonder when the US started > requiring shoulder belts in the rear seats (it was certainly after 1986, > the year of their van). And, it seems that the basis of the claim is that > VW knew that the shoulder-belts were safer because they put them in other > models (I didn't know that 86 vanagons had shoulder-belts in other > countries). > > It doesn't make sense to me. It seems like this family should have sued > the US gov't for not having stricter regulations. > > blake > > > On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Jason Yasment wrote: > > > A gentleman sent me this article from a New Hampshire newspaper. It is > > sad, but it has some interesting points. > > > > http://www.jasontek.com/vw/vanagon_lawsuit.jpg > > > > If anyone cares to make the file smaller, I'll put up the smaller version. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jason M Yasment > > '84 Westfalia > > Troy, NY > > Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com > |
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