RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] computer and car prices (was Re: [MLUG])

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Found another reason cars since the 60's are safer:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/regrev/evaluate/806693.html

<snip>
The High Penetration Resistant (HPR)
windshield, developed during the 1960's, was designed to crumple and deform
at
speeds where earlier windshields would have been penetrated by head impacts.

It was found that:
HPR glazing doubled the impact velocity needed for the occupant's
  head to penetrate the windshield, preventing 39,000 serious lacerations
and
  8,000 facial fractures per year.
Adhesive bonding halved windshield bond separation and occupant
  ejection through the windshield portal, saving 105 lives per year.
HPR glazing did not increase the risk of concussions and adhesive
  bonding did not increase the injuries of persons who were not
  ejected.
HPR glazing added $6 (in 1982 dollars) to the lifetime cost of owning
  and operating a car, but adhesive bonding saved $15 per car.
</snip>
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