Re: skiing with helmet/faw!

not a fan of airbags... simple fender bender (I was a
passenger), didn't even break the headlights or cause
damage to either car, but my wrist got broken in three
places from the airbag.... what ever you do, don't
raise your arm to block it...

That said, I could see where the airbag could save a
life in a major wreck.

Donna

--- kmrsy@comcast.net wrote:

> Yeah, airbags. A good idea, but whoa! I've been
> seeing reports about
> Volkswagons whose airbags go off when you hit a
> pothole. Not only can
> that instigate an accident, but you have to pay to
> have them replaced at
> something like $300 each. A sideairbag especially
> worries me. I've been
> warned not to turn my head quickly because of the
> bad disks. A side
> airbag could do me some serious harm. My car doesn't
> have them.
> 
> --
> Kitty 
> neIN, Zone5
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> 
> > In a message dated 02/16/2005 10:00:41 AM Eastern
> Standard Time, 
> > Cersgarden@aol.com writes: 
> > << Count me as one of those kids who rode
> absolutely everywhere on my bike 
> > before helmets were ever invented for us and I
> survived. I rode in the 
> > backseat of the car, unstrapped, and survived.
> Skated without pads or 
> > helmets and survived. >> 
> > 
> > I did all those things before seatbelts and
> helmets were even thought of, 
> > and my sons even raced motorcycles without
> helmets. However there 
> > have been at least two incidents where seatbelts
> have saved lives in 
> > our family that I wouldn't think of riding without
> them now. I'm terrified 
> > of air bags, though. 
> > Auralie 
> > 
> >
>
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