Re: Automatic fire sprinklers

[Smitty Two <prestwhich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <Q5mdnfJq69XpbqzQnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article
> <prestwhich-D7520D.08543415012011@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>  Smitty Two <prestwhich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > Airbags are known by the acronym SRS for a reason. They were *never*
> > intended to replace seatbelts. The issue of people not wearing seatbelts
> > was addressed with seatbelt laws, not airbags.
>
>  If you look at the legislative history of the airbag you will see that
> you are wrong. In 1977, when President Carter
> appointed former Ralph Nader lobbyist Joan Claybrook to head the NHTSA.
> Claybrook actively sought to establish an effective safety restraint law
> and her efforts partially paid off when Transportation Secretary Brock
> Adams ordered all new cars to have automatic safety belts **OR**air bags
> by 1984.(This was also called the passive restraint law because of the
> either mandate where the driver/occupants did not have to do too much
> more than just sit in the seat.  (emphasis mine). After a little hooha
> under Reagan, (State Farm vs Auto Mfrs Assoc) the Department
> of Transportation issued new regulations ordering Auto producers to
> install air bags between 1986 and 1989. But it left one loophole: If, by
> 1989, states comprising two thirds of the US population implemented
> mandatory seat-belt use, the federal regulation would not apply. (In
> other words if there were mandatory seat belt laws, then there was no
> need for airbags). IN '91 Bush the Senior signed a law saying airbags
> would be mandatory in a couple of years, of course by then, most
> automakers were offering them as standard for marketing reasons.
>     It was known, FYI,

Looks like your transmission was cut off at the end, but thanks for the
history.