Aren't the air bags designed to work with the seatbelts? When I T-boned the
full sized van, I was wearing my seatbelt, and the air bag went off. With
all the adrenaline and other accident stuff going on, it took a second to
realize the reason I couldn't see - the airbag went off, and was deflating.
I was wearing glasses, with no ill effects from the air bag. Got away with
some bruising from the belt, and a rebuilt front end.
I'm glad the air bags in my Dak worked, as I'm sure I would have eaten some
steering wheel...
Art DiRamio
'01 PB QC Sport+ Auto 4x4 4.7l
""Norah Bleazard"" <dml@bleazard.net> wrote in message
news:NDBBLJLKEKFNFKGHMANDEELLIBAA.dml@bleazard.net...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of droo
> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:26 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: Re: Re: Seat Belt Tickets??
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 15:39:47 -0700 (PDT), Phillip Batson
> > <pbatson68@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > It's called an airbag. They are designed for peopel that don't wear
belts.
> >
> >
> > --
> > -Droo
> >
> > http://www.grandroyal.org/dakota
>
> Just my personal opinion for my own safety only. I'd rather wear the seat
> belt and have the airbag removed. Somehow I can visualize the airbag
> embedding my glasses permanently into my face. Yeah... the more I think
> about it.. the more I hate it. I know for a fact that my seatbelt saved
me
> from going thru my windshield when I had my accident with the '95 Dak,
when
> I was pushed into the telephone poll. I was hit with enough force to have
> massive bruising everywhere the seatbelt touched me, but I was lucky
enough
> that the impact hit at such a point that the airbag didn't deploy. I am
> soooo very grateful for that it didn't deploy and that I had my seatbelt
on.
> The impact still jostled me around enough that the console came lose. Got
> shivers just remembering that day. Mind you... on really bad back pain
> days, I have fleeting thoughts of how much less painful it would have been
> to have not survived it. But those are just random passing thoughts even
> though I'm pretty sure there are people out there that may be wishing the
> same thing... lol... but too bad.. I'm still here... muwhahahahahahahaha.
>
> Norah Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Burlington, Ontario
> hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black (Black Diamond)
> prev: '98 Dakota Sport 4x4, 5.2 V8, Auto, Club Cab, black (Black Widow)
> prev: '95 Dakota Sport 4x2, 3.9 V6, Auto, Club Cab, black (Black Ice)
> prev: '93 Dakota Sport 4x2, 3.9 V6, Auto, Club Cab, electric blue
> (Enterprise)
> his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white (White Knight)
> ours: '96 Dakota - Golden Retriever
>
>
>
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