Posted by IOWA NORTHEAST on May 22, 2010 at 19:08:08 from (206.72.18.89):
In Reply to: O/T Car air bags posted by old on May 22, 2010 at 13:42:35:
Old, just so you know I think you are a good guy all the way around. I also know that a few jabs were made responding to your post.
Lets not go there, but give it some thought before you are a good guy again regardless what some of these dudes are saying. So the gal isn't hurt? Any idea how many claim that as if it makes the accident less of a ordeal? Then a few months later her back hurts and the insurance company gets involved --no cop report?
So lets also assume you are insured for acting as a wrecker service? How much extra does that cost on your pickup insurance? And now lets also say someone hit you while in the process without a cop's lights?
I know there are a few things that seemed far fetched---but in the real world, they have happened. And sombody lost the farm out of the deal.
I still pick up hitchikers, and still do alot of not so legal favors, but I can reasure you many folks with good intentions have paid a very serious price.
Another thing to consider for everyone is to check and see if it is a Hybred --- this is very important, and the batteries are hidden in several different places. You can be a victum real fast, or cause harm to others. Our stupid government can't set rules for disarming anything from Hybreds to air bags. There should be one way to disarm them, and standard one rule applies to every vehickle and at one location for the fireman.
I'm usualy the one who gambles with the air bags, I make it a point to keep my back or side facing the airbag if it hasn't deployed. I also try to keep my head and helmet higher than the trapped person so if it tossed me into the victum my chest would hit their head, rather than a head to head ordeal. A very stupid thing to do on my behalf, but I'm a old man, and someone has to do something.
I would personaly take a roll over pretty seriously when it comes to injuries, and advise someone to get checked out. I know this will get some real laughs from some of the smart folks here, and accuse me of wearing tin foil for a hat. Yet internal injuries can have no visible side effects, even to the trained eye.
This sort of thing doesn't happen every time, but it does happen more often than you may think -- especialy with teenage kids involved, and moncho men are second on the list.
Air bags are a rare breed without rules for deployment, a straight head on it is a pretty safe bet. Also, ever hear of a front bumper being tore loose on one side, and not the other? That bumper can come around using the one side as a hinge, and reach out a tear your legs off (if it is a certian type).
It's great to be a good guy, attornies and insurance companies may see it in a different way.
Anyone near North East Iowa can remember a bad deal a few years ago, where everything that could seldom,or never happenen, all happened at the same accident. Actualy six different ordeals if I counted right, and no one could have ever thought any were possible, even in a movie. Three more could have died, only luck was on their side for a few seconds.
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