Side air bags prompt red flags on danger
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Side air bags, which can now be found on several new cars, can break children's necks if they are lying against the bags during a crash, according to some industry and private researchers. Jeff Crandall, director of the University of Virginia's auto safety lab who tested a number of air bags offered by suppliers, discovered that some side bags that were too forceful could twist a child's head around or push it forward in a crash, causing neck or brain injury. Acura spokesman Mike Spencer also said side bags spun the head around backward during crash tests where child-size dummies were lying against a side bag.
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Side air bags, which can now be found on many new cars, can break children's necks if they are lying against bags during crash
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 1998
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Airline bailout grants little to small carriers
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Federals bailout big airlines but offers little help to the small ones. According to industry analysts, the top 56 airlines earch received a least $1 million each while the bottom twelve got less than $7000 each.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2001
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