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Re: Newer cars a lot safer? Worth the expense?

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Re: Newer cars a lot safer? Worth the expense?

Tegger11 Feb 2008 02:40
ahorsefly@yahoo.com wrote in news:5dcf3260-56c4-47e0-8c7d-
7224a1bf9e2e@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

> I have a 1991 Honda Civic and it runs well, but I feel like I should
> probably buy a newer car with airbags for more safety in a crash.

Air bags may have no overall effect at all in safety. Offsetting behavior
is a confounding factor in computing their effectivelness.
See the book "True Odds", chapter 10, By James Walsh. Merritt Publishing,
1996.

> Another reason I might want to buy another car is that mine is small.
> A larger car would probably provide additional protection.

A larger car is undoubtedly safer than a smaller one. You are safer in a
large car with no seat belt than you are in a small one with a seat belt.

>  On the
> other hand, if I keep my current car I'd save money.  Does anyone
> think it's not necessarily worthy spending the money for a bigger car
> with airbags?

I don't think it's necessary. The probability of being involved in a fatal
or greviously injurious collision is remote.

Overall, it's about 1 in 60 if you drive 10,000 miles every year for your
whole life, but that's misleading, since the figure (from the NHTSA, 1993)
includes all drunks and 16 year-olds as well.

Personally, I've covered well over half a million miles since I started
driving. By the NHTSA's figures, I should be dead now.

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ahorsefly@yahoo.com10 Feb 2008 19:56
I have a 1991 Honda Civic and it runs well, but I feel like I should
probably buy a newer car with airbags for more safety in a crash.
Another reason I might want to buy another car is that mine is small.
A larger car would probably provide additional protection.  On the
other hand, if I keep my current car I'd save money.  Does anyone
think it's not necessarily worthy spending the money for a bigger car
with airbags?

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