04-19-2004, 11:01 PM
Me and Evan had this argument last week.
For me, for track use, they will be out of the car. With 6 point belts, race buckets and a rollbar I think they have the potential to do more harm than good - you're restraining the body in a way other then the factory designed.
For street use... the airbag in my Accord will stay in. I dont care for things exploding in front of my face <insert obvious facial joke> but I think for a street car they can save you from injury. There were only 160 deaths documented by the NHTSA from '90-'00 due to Airbags... not many, especially when compared to the number of total automobile accident fatalities in that time period.
For me, for track use, they will be out of the car. With 6 point belts, race buckets and a rollbar I think they have the potential to do more harm than good - you're restraining the body in a way other then the factory designed.
For street use... the airbag in my Accord will stay in. I dont care for things exploding in front of my face <insert obvious facial joke> but I think for a street car they can save you from injury. There were only 160 deaths documented by the NHTSA from '90-'00 due to Airbags... not many, especially when compared to the number of total automobile accident fatalities in that time period.