wrote on 8/15/2018 1:11 PM:
The airbag comment is interesting. Several good quality studies have looked at
the impact of airbags on deaths in motor vehicle accidents. The interesting
statistics have to do with the use of seatbelts. Turns out that seatbelts are
responsible for the reduction in deaths, not airbags. When not wearing
seatbelts the airbags made no reduction in deaths.

Currently, airbags are designed to be used with seat belts, and it's well known
that airbags are ineffective for the unbelted occupant. There are plenty of
studies showing that when both are used, fatalities and injuries are reduced over
seat belt only use.


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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm

http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...anes-2014A.pdf