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Re:Michael Hastings Sent Panicked Email Hours Before Car Crash by tzs on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @09:31PM (#5981883)
> How does a 2013 model Mercedes Benz with a five star ANCAP safety rating (the highest rating you can get) scoring 35.51 points scored out of 37 (an Australian car safety rating for reference) with more airbags than wheels (8 airbags for those of you playing at home including a curtain airbag that drops in-front of the passenger and driver protecting the head and upper-body from impacting anything) crash into a tree without there even being another vehicle involved?

You are massively confused over what airbags do. They don't do anything at all to reduce the chances that one will drive one's car into a tree. They only come into play AFTER an accident has begun.

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Re:Michael Hastings Sent Panicked Email Hours Before Car Crash by coldtea on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @05:50AM (#5983426)
>You are massively confused over what airbags do. They don't do anything at all to reduce the chances that one will drive one's car into a tree. They only come into play AFTER an accident has begun.

And you are massively confused about why he mentioned the airbags.

Not to point to their assistance of driving a car into a tree, but as items in a large list, pointing to the ridiculous amount of safety measures built into the car.

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