RE: IML: Safety- Old cars vs New cars

[Alex Krasicky <krasicky49451@xxxxxxxxx>]

A few weeks ago my dad heard one of the 'Car Talk' radio broadcasts. Their discussion was about a man who had been in an accident in an old car (probably '50s era) with lap belts. He had a heart attack while driving, swerved off the road, and hit something.

The interesting bit, though, is at the impact, his chest struck the steering wheel, and the force acted as a natural defribillator. His heart restarted! He said later that if he'd been in a new car with airbags, he would have died.

Not an everyday scenario, but an interesting story, nonetheless.

-Alex K.
Isenhour <isenhour@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  I remember the old saying about those mid-50's GM cars in relation to the
> amount of chrome metal in the front dashboard that if you had an accident in
> one of those you would be picking chrome bits out of your teeth for
>  weeks!
> I survived a read in collision by hydroplane into the back of a Mac Tractor
> Trailer in a '62 Cadillac in the interstate.  Today if I was in a new car I
> don't think the air bag would help!
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