I couldn't tell what they hit from the article. With injuries so severe I
can't help but wonder how fast they were going on that "icy" road.

John Flaherty
'84 GL

----- Original Message -----
From: "Blake Thornton" <thornton@math.utah.edu>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon Lawsuit

> This is quite sad and interesting.  It made me wonder when the US started
> requiring shoulder belts in the rear seats (it was certainly after 1986,
> the year of their van).  And, it seems that the basis of the claim is that
> VW knew that the shoulder-belts were safer because they put them in other
> models (I didn't know that 86 vanagons had shoulder-belts in other
> countries).
>
> It doesn't make sense to me.  It seems like this family should have sued
> the US gov't for not having stricter regulations.
>
> blake
>
>
> On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Jason Yasment wrote:
>
> > A gentleman sent me this article from a New Hampshire newspaper.  It is
> > sad, but it has some interesting points.
> >
> > http://www.jasontek.com/vw/vanagon_lawsuit.jpg
> >
> > If anyone cares to make the file smaller, I'll put up the smaller
version.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jason M Yasment
> > '84 Westfalia
> > Troy, NY
> > Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com
>