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Originally Posted by Danimal16 View Post
There is research that shows that not wearing a seatbelt with an airbag will cause more injury than wearing a seatbelt alone. Also, at high speeds the airbag is more likely to cause injury than prevent it. IMHO Five point harness at high speed is far more effective than an airbag.
I agree, it was a stupid law and caused many deaths and injuries that could have been avoided. The newer, depowered units work better. (ish)

I friend had her wrist broken in a low speed impact when the airbag deployed pushing her arm onto the shift knob.

Thanks for clarifying the issue, I misread that they deployed sans crashing as well as the higher rate of combustion.
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