<VV> Corvairs in accidents

[Mark Corbin]

There's the key! Seat belts!!

But you ARE right. Modern cars (mostly) are safer than older ones. Even
ones that in their day were above average in safety, like the Corvair.

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: <Wrsssatty at aol.com>
> Subject: <VV> Corvairs in accidents
>
> <We've seen a few Corvair accidents and I wonder if anyone looked to see  
> how
> they stood up against the modern cars involved.>
>  
> Two years ago a '64 coupe was involved in a frontal offset collision in  
> Indiana when a drunk drove his Cobalt into the Corvair's path.  The 
drunk 
> walked--or should I say staggered away complaining only of chest pain 
where 
> his airbag hit him.  The Corvair, supposedly, had no seat  belts.  The
driver 
> was hospitalized with a broken femur being his greatest  of many
injuries.  
> His passenger wife died.  The URLs, below, show  pics of the Corvair
which 
> obviously did not fare well.  If I had to be in a  crash and could
choose, I 
> definitely would prefer to be in a modern  car rather than a
Corvair--even a 
> lowly Cobalt!
>  
> ~Bill Stanley
>  
> _http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/27048114.html_ 
> (http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/27048114.html) 
>  
> _http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/27058099.html_ 
> (http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/27058099.html) 
>