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[Tex]

OT Mini Cooper

I have a friend who died in a Mini Cooper after she bought it chiefly for its safety features; it had something like 11 airbags. The vehicle that struck hers left her plenty of room in the passenger compartment, but because none of the airbags deployed, her head struck the passenger window and the shock of the blow tore her brain near the stem. Experts examining the car say the car didn't malfunction: it was not designed to have its side curtain airbags deploy when slammed from the passenger side. One wonders what on Earth the air bags were for, if not to protect occupants from uncushioned impacts with the windows and body structures in the event of serious side impacts.

I'm not going to be particularly keen to wait on the results of an electric Mini marketing campaign.

Take care,
--Tex.