THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, November 3, 1995 TAG: 9511030614
SECTION: AUTO WEEKLY PAGE: H1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY MARY SCULLY
LENGTH: Short : 41 lines
[This story is not available electronically. For complete text, please see microfilm.] ILLUSTRATION: Color photo
Vicki Cronis for The Virginian-Pilot
Mary White of Chesapeake has a 1996 Geo Metro equipped with many
safety features once found only in high-priced luxury autos. Her
Metro has dual airbags, antilock brakes (ABS) and daytime running
lights (DRLs). DRLs make a car more conspicuous and have reduced
crashes in Canada, Finland and Sweden where they are mandatory.
Color photo courtesy Mercedez-Benz
The newly designed 1996 Mercedes E class sedans will have a side air
bag emerging from the door in the front seat to protect driver and
passenger in side-impace crashes.
Color photos courtesy Ford Motor Co.
A deploying air bag may cause injury or death to an infant in a
rear-facing child seat in the front passenger seat in a vehicle
equipped with dual air bags. NHTSA requires warnings on the visors
of all new vehicles.
In the 1996 Ford Ranger pickup truck with dual air bags and only two
seats, the driver is able to manually turn off the air bag when an
infant is aboard.
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