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Date:         Thu, 17 Sep 1998 17:44:01 -0700
Reply-To:     coyote <coyote@LIKEMINDS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         coyote <coyote@LIKEMINDS.COM>
Subject:      Re: DRLs and Air Bags
Comments: To: ray.wei@US.PWCGLOBAL.COM, vanagon@vanagon.com
In-Reply-To:  <85256682.0083B798.00@intlnamsmtp10.us.pw.com>
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>I've been in Canada >last year and saw that NOT every car has the DRLs. That means the car with >DRLs will stand out and more easier to see. The statistics will favor the >DRLs right now. Wait until ALL cars have DRLs and then check the >statistics. The 3rd break light has the same situation. The statistics on >rear end collision went down a while since the mandate of 3rd break light >after 1986. But it starts to go up recently because people GET USED TO >the 3rd break light. Then again, if you feel like you want DRLs, why >don't you just turn the lights on? Why mandate it? (Poor motorcyclist!) >Actually, pro-DRL drivers should against the mandate, then they can stand >out with their lights on!

Again, a silly argument. DRLs don't prevent accidents by making one car stand out in a pack of other cars. They prevent accidents by making a solitary auto stand out against the ambient (background) scene.

> Have you ever think about where your hands supposed to put on the >steering wheel (with air bag) lately? You had better not cross over your >steering wheel while you are driving or backing up. If you do, and if the >air bag explode, it will break your arm. Just try to back your car with >both hands at "3-9" position on the steering wheel as suggested in the >owners manual from the cars with air bags.

I'd rather have a broken arm than a crushed skull.

Coyote

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