[Ryland]

That show tends to hate all older cars and tell people that anything without air bags is a death trap, I had my non air bag '84 civic totaled and was annoyed because it had to be towed and I was left hitching a ride home but was fine, I have a friend who was in a car acedent and would have been fine if he didn't have an air bag but instead the air bag broke his jaw and left him in the hospital for a few days and out of work for over a month.
From what I've read in books like The Death Of The Automobile (great book, very well researched) air bags are designed to work in those times that you are not wearing your seat belt, wear your seat belt in a non air bag vehicle and you will be fine.