Airbags and Seatbelts Don't Make You Safer

[Solly]

They simply make you take more risks. Their advent has probably caused driving to worsen.

Disagree?

Well then, consider this. Do you think you'd drive as you usually do, or safer, if you had a dagger sticking at you from the centre of your steering wheel?

Thus airbags and seatbelts make people take bigger risks.

Discuss.

[VetLegion]

I would drive in the reverse gear all the time.

[Jaakko]

Can you show any correlation between increased safety measures and reckless driving, and if so can you show a causal link?

[VetLegion]

Jaakko you didnt answer the question

How would you drive if you had a knife strapped to the steering wheel?

[Zero]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Jaakko you didnt answer the question

How would you drive if you had a knife strapped to the steering wheel?

But you would stab yourself as you accelerate! laws of motion: your body will try to remain at rest as the knife is apporaching you!


I would drive from the passenger side. and extend my left foot over to the gas pedal.

[Jaakko]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Jaakko you didnt answer the question

How would you drive if you had a knife strapped to the steering wheel?

Very, very badly.

[Provost Harrison]

What a load of old cobblers.

[rah]

I held out for a long time. I cited those examples where people died that might have been saved if they hadn't been wearing seatbelts, and refused to use a seatbelt. (in fact, the first car I owned didn't even have seatbelts)

Then when my daughter got old enough to talk, since she wasn't allowed to ride in the car without a seat belt on, she started asking why I didn't wear one. I figured it was easier to start using it then dealing with her question. I've used one ever since.

AND I can honestly say that it has had absolutely NO effect on the way I drive. I still drive the exact same way that I have for the last 30 years. (it does change a bit depending on the abilities of the car I'm driving, but that has nothing to do with the seatbelt.)

And I've no experience with an airbag going off in my face so I don't see how that could impact my driving tendencies.

So as always, I think your statement is BS.


RAH
knife in the steering wheel, nice diversion.

[Jaakko]

The other option is to push the pedals with your hands, and steer with your legs so that the knife goes between your legs. For vision you could either have a periscope, or a friend on the other seat could tell you which way to go.

You know, I think we just destroyed Stews argument about safe driving.

[Provost Harrison]

Stew of course, has lots of driving experience. Past his test two years ago and has barely driven. But of course, in his 'two years of experience' he knows it all

[Jaakko]

So how do ya like my new avatar?

[Provost Harrison]

What is it? Someone driving with a knife in his steering wheel?

[Asmodean]

I haven't checked OT in maybe 10 months. Then just as I decide to come back, I see Bods up to his old tricks.

Nope nothing new here...moving on

Asmodean

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Jaakko

You know, I think we just destroyed Stews argument about safe driving.

And this was challenging...?

At least it exercised everybody's typing abilities, so there's that going for this thread...

[Jaakko]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
What is it? Someone driving with a knife in his steering wheel?

It's Kimura-sensei wearing a Daddy Hat.