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At roughly $1,500 per car, air bags are a very inefficient way of saving
lives. For instance, instead of air bags, investing the $1,500 per car into increased seat belt compliance to 90% would prevent over 5,500 deaths - annually. (NHTSA estimated between 1990 and 1998 3,625 lives were saved by air bags, and admitted 122 lives were lost in otherwise minor i.e. low speed accidents.) Putting $1,500 into crash prevention, such as better training of drivers, would save far more lives than air bags ever did. For many individuals, investing $1,500 into better tires would be a safer choice than air bags. Two Transport Canada studies show air bags reduce the risk of injury by just two percent for adults who wear seat belts. On the other hand, a car 200 pounds heavier than baseline gives you 9% greater safety in a crash all by itself, and another 200 pounds adds another 9%. Ivan |
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