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Put it down hard for my dogs that's locked in the bang
When you hit the bricks, new WHIPS, money ain't a thang,

You kids these days with your Kanye West and your "I'mma let you finish" memes. Sheesh.]]>Nov 7th 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/
whips = cars]]>Nov 7th 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/
Rap = stupid.]]>Nov 7th 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/
http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/classicerrors/spellingtips/silentletters]]>Nov 7th 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/.
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Mjay's head.]]>Nov 7th 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/I know the joke was over Mjay's head, but I laughed at least three times as hard at his response than I did at the joke to begin with. It was really pretty classic.]]>Nov 7th 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/
At least the pressure will be dispered over your body that localized inone small strap...

Then again you could allways use racing harnesses...

Than again in a 60 to 0 accident having a seat belt welt on your chest is the least of your worries...

Then again driving in a Ford SUV is asking for random rollovers...

Then again Ford actually made $$$ so props to them.]]>Nov 7th 2009 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/
Now they just have to get past the suffocating-in-a-3-foot-thick-foam-cocoon-until-rescue-arrives problem]]>Nov 7th 2009 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/And talking of holdings things, what if you have something in your hands and don't sit like a testdummy, like kids often will, will it be worse? I think there's a real risk it will make things worse in real life scenarios.
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The purpose is to help cushion the impact of the seat belt on your chest. Also to spread out the force across your body helping reduce the chance of a major or even fatal injury. ]]>Nov 7th 2009 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/
So yes I do need a credible reason for this.]]>Nov 7th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/
Here's something to think about, with each deployment, regatdless if it helps, ford makes a lot of money since you need a replacement belt and inflator, how convenient in a time when carcompanies need cash.
]]>Nov 7th 2009 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5vbNbxD6bw
If only for entertainment purposes :)]]>Nov 7th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/
I just wonder when it will get to a point that insurance premiums will actually go up based on the number of airbags in your car.

But then again I am totally cynical about car companies interests when it comes to safety equipment. If anybody remembers the fiasco of door mounted seatbelts in the 80s that is what really killed it for me. Airbags were new and legislation was introduced that was going to require them in all cars. The lobbyists got to it, and got it changed to "passive restraint systems" in other words something that didn't require user intervention to engage like a seatbelt. So that intentionally created a loophole that made mounting seatbelts on the door a legal work-around to installing airbags. If you read the manuals on cars with these, they instructed you to leave the belt fastened at all times and to slide in underneath them when you opened the door. It was lame and nobody used them that way, and the car companies knew they wouldn't. The kicker was that it made the cars actually much less safe. I personally know a man who's wife was thrown from a car and died even while wearing a seatbelt.because the door opened during the accident. He won a hefty 7 figures in the lawsuit against GM and car companies have now realized airbags are cheaper than lawsuits, but they still aren't introducing this stuff because they care about safety. It is all about selling cars.]]>Nov 7th 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Actually you probably wouldn't be worried about anything at all since most high speed head on collisions are fatal. Seriously if a car has veered off course and is about to collide head on it's actually better to crash your car into almost anything else, drive it off road at high speed, or swerving right in front of another vehicle (suppose if it's an 18-wheeler you might be screwed either way) but almost all options are better than a head on collision at speed.]]>Nov 7th 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/
When will it go up based on the number of airbags in your car? It won't and I will tell you why. The price of an airbag or a seat belt is negligible compared to the price of a hospital stay and taking out your spleen, or having a pin put in, or wiring your jaw shut. Safety features will always decrease your insurance because of this and because of the insane rates charged by the medical industry. ]]>Nov 7th 2009 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/ Any amount of money]]>Nov 7th 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 8th 2009 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/
I mean seat belts that are worn correctly work. This just seems to have far to much potential for going off when it doesn't need to, causing bruises, and never getting replaced for the next accident where it could be useful.

Of course if I had kids, and could have them only in the backseat I might reconsider.]]>Nov 7th 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/
Think about this, if it's such a great idea, why don't they put them on the front seat belts?]]>Nov 7th 2009 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/instead of fine cars, check the number of fatal accidents in europe and USA on a per capita
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Youll see that fine cars reduce accidents]]>Nov 7th 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/
Ford has come a LONG way in quality and desirability in its cars and trucks. Haters gon' hate, though, I guess.]]>Nov 7th 2009 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/07/fords-inflatable-seat-belts-headed-to-explorer-in-2010-other-w/Nov 7th 2009 10:25AM