Bob O'Shaughnessy wrote:
>
 Actually the only person I know of who was in a serious accident
> with and airbag was severely injured by it.  I guy I used to work with
> was driving the company's brand new Dodge van cross country and fell
> asleep (I didn't say it wasn't his fault).  He plowed into the back of a
> towed camper with people in it going 60 or so.
>
>      Fourtinately, no one was killed, but Todd (the driver) almost lost
> the use of his left hand because of the injuries he sustained when the
> airbag punched it through the window.
>
Bob,
Given the choice of putting my hand or my head through the glass, I
think I'd pick my hand every time! Not a bad result for a 60mph
collision. Ever see a stuntman jump off a two-story building and land on
a seatbelt?
Larry