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tod
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response 250 of 413:
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Nov 6 19:49 UTC 2003 |
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rcurl
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response 251 of 413:
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Nov 6 20:33 UTC 2003 |
"Deer whistles" have been tested, and they do not work to prevent car-deer
collisions.
It has been shown from analyses of accidents that air bags save many more
lives than they cost. Children that are so young they might be injured by
an air bag should NOT be seated in the front seat. (I think I also read
that air bags are being given smaller charges to compromise on the chances
of injury by the accident vs by the airbag, but of course older airbags
are not being recalled.)
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tod
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response 252 of 413:
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Nov 6 20:59 UTC 2003 |
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slynne
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response 253 of 413:
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Nov 6 22:04 UTC 2003 |
Resp:248 - if the car is totalled because it costs too much to replace
the airbag and since you dont like airbags anyways, why not just fix
the car and *not* replace the airbag
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cmcgee
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response 254 of 413:
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Nov 7 00:27 UTC 2003 |
I was in a collision that crunched the driver side of my car and the front.
Airbag went off, saved me from the windshield and was replaced along with the
panels when the insurance company had the car fixed.
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bhoward
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response 255 of 413:
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Nov 7 00:46 UTC 2003 |
My mom was in a very similar accident a few years ago. Some idiot kid
triggered a multicar collision that resulted in several totalled cars
including hers.
The one thing that saved her life and saved her from serious injury
was the air bag system.
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happyboy
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response 256 of 413:
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Nov 7 01:53 UTC 2003 |
re251: SOURCE PLZ.
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jep
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response 257 of 413:
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Nov 7 03:37 UTC 2003 |
re resp:253: The person who decided the car should be totalled told me
he'd counted $5500 in damage before he stopped. About $1500 of that
must have been the airbag. I'm not much interested in putting $4000
or more into a 1992 Taurus with 140,000 miles.
I'd be interested in a source for resp:251, too, if it's available and
you don't mind, Rane. I'm inclined to believe you on statistics...
but am also inclined to distrust airbags because they *are* such a
danger to children and small adults. Whether they're a good thing
overall or not, the fact is, the risk to my son goes up a lot if he
rides in the front seat of a car that has an airbag, compared to one
that does not have one.
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rcurl
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response 258 of 413:
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Nov 7 03:55 UTC 2003 |
For example,
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/airbags/208con2e.html
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gelinas
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response 259 of 413:
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Nov 7 04:00 UTC 2003 |
I thought happyboy was asking for a source about the futility of deer
whistles.
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rcurl
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response 260 of 413:
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Nov 7 04:12 UTC 2003 |
He didn't say which assertion. For deer whistlesm try
http://www.usroads.com/journals/rmj/9705/rm970503.htm
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gelinas
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response 261 of 413:
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Nov 7 04:52 UTC 2003 |
I like the taped dog-barks. :)
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keesan
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response 262 of 413:
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Nov 7 05:26 UTC 2003 |
Isn't the back seat safer to ride in, with or without airbags?
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tsty
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response 263 of 413:
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Nov 7 09:12 UTC 2003 |
...ant reach teh brake pedal ....
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gull
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response 264 of 413:
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Nov 7 14:01 UTC 2003 |
Re #262:
"We want to make sure parents are clear: Old air bag, new air bag, no
air bag, kids are safer in the back seat properly restrained," said
Ellen Engleman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board.
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/08/27/Worldandnation/New_air_bags_safer_fo.shtm
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tpryan
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response 265 of 413:
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Nov 7 19:20 UTC 2003 |
re 213 and followup.
John, good to hear you are okay.
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jep
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response 266 of 413:
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Nov 8 04:49 UTC 2003 |
Thanks!
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scott
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response 267 of 413:
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Nov 10 18:00 UTC 2003 |
Had cat-owner friends staying here over the weekend, and my nose started
running. All those years of being a cat owner... and I always had a slightly
runny nose. Huh.
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glenda
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response 268 of 413:
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Nov 10 19:00 UTC 2003 |
IBB we just got a call from the Drs office. Staci has mono. Now I have to
get STeve and Damon in to get checked (I probably won't need to be checked,
I had it in high school). And I get to figure out how to keep HER rest. She
is bummed because Huron Players (she does backstage tech stuff) is getting
ready to start rehersal and set up for theater competition.
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tod
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response 269 of 413:
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Nov 10 19:27 UTC 2003 |
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happyboy
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response 270 of 413:
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Nov 10 21:09 UTC 2003 |
oooooOOOOOOOOO00000000!!!!!!
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glenda
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response 271 of 413:
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Nov 10 21:29 UTC 2003 |
We kind of wondered when she would get it. Seven of her friends have had or
have it during the last few months. The friends that we refer to the cuddle
puddle, rather than the "Hi, how are you, we should get together for a movie
sometime" friends. I knew it was just a matter of time, but hoped...
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dewshine
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response 272 of 413:
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Nov 10 22:26 UTC 2003 |
I have mono.
Woo.
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tod
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response 273 of 413:
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Nov 10 22:35 UTC 2003 |
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happyboy
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response 274 of 413:
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Nov 11 01:04 UTC 2003 |
*cuddle puddle*
heh.
NEW PORNO TERM!!!!
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