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Originally Posted by Ryland
Thy tend 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, have another 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 air bags are designed to work for 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.
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You've got it a bit backwards. Airbags are designed to be used WITH a BELTED driver/passenger. Most airbag related injuries occur with unbelted people. Newer cars use sensors in the seat and buckle receivers to adjust the rate of airbag inflation to match body wieght and if the person is buckled, but early airbag cars don't have these safeguards.
Regardless of airbags, people need to be buckled up.
