Side-Curtain Airbags
Front airbags were bad enough, a passive restraint to protect morons who absolutely refused to use seat belts. Now this.
You could buy a car with as many of these whoopee-cushions as the maker can stuff into the headliner and door pillars. Then again, you could stop texting, eating, drinking (especially alcohol), reading, combing your hair, putting on makeup, shaving and syncing your MyTouch with your I-whatever, and CONCENTRATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE FUCKING ROAD, TO THE FRONT, REAR AND SIDES OF YOUR FUCKING CAR, AND THEN ALL THIS EXPENSIVE, NEEDLESSLY COMPLEX, WEIGHT-ADDING SHIT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARY!!!!
But you're going to buy the car with the most whoopee-cushions anyway. Because you've decided it's "safe".
And I keep forgetting: It's more politically expedient to add more safety prophylactics to cars than to make it more difficult and expensive for morons to get drivers' licenses, even the morons who have drunk driving convictions on their records. Cars don't vote.
Side-Curtain Airbags
Front airbags were bad enough, a passive restraint to protect morons who absolutely refused to use seat belts. Now this.
You could buy a car with as many of these whoopee-cushions as the maker can stuff into the headliner and door pillars. Then again, you could stop texting, eating, drinking (especially alcohol), reading, combing your hair, putting on makeup, shaving and syncing your MyTouch with your I-whatever, and CONCENTRATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE FUCKING ROAD, TO THE FRONT, REAR AND SIDES OF YOUR FUCKING CAR, AND THEN ALL THIS EXPENSIVE, NEEDLESSLY COMPLEX, WEIGHT-ADDING SHIT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARY!!!!
But you're going to buy the car with the most whoopee-cushions anyway. Because you've decided it's "safe".
And I keep forgetting: It's more politically expedient to add more safety prophylactics to cars than to make it more difficult and expensive for morons to get drivers' licenses, even the morons who have drunk driving convictions on their records. Cars don't vote.