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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by fibers on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:22AM (#27570888)
do you mean the side airbags from the diagonal posts because this seems flagrantly illegal if it was the bags on the wheel/glove box
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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by chrisseaton on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:26AM (#27570942)
> seems flagrantly illegal

Didn't have any airbags at all. Not illegal in the rest of the world but I think they didn't sell them in the US.

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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @03:49PM (#27573303)
Yeah, that just seems weird that other countries would be so far behind. Front air bags have been required as standard equipment in the US since 1997.
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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by chrisseaton on Sunday June 20, 2021 @04:34PM (#27573660)
I think it's some exceptions for 'rugged' vehicles.
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