Date:         Thu, 17 Sep 1998 17:44:01 -0700
Reply-To:     coyote <coyote@LIKEMINDS.COM>
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From:         coyote <coyote@LIKEMINDS.COM>
Subject:      Re: DRLs and Air Bags
Comments: To: ray.wei@US.PWCGLOBAL.COM, vanagon@vanagon.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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