15B
AUTO SHOWCASE/The Charlotte Post
Thursday, May 15 1997
Report shows air bags can cause minor injuries
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cases of air bag injuries treat
ed at the University of
California, Los Angeles, oph
thalmology trauma center con
cluded air bags could be haz
ardous to the eyes.
“The study highlights that
air bags need some changes in
design,” said Dr. Edward E.
Manche, the paper’s lead
author and director of cornea
and refractive surgery at
Stanford University Medical
Center.
In one case, a woman became
legally blind in one eye. In
another case, a woman’s con
tact lenses broke and she
needed surgery to repa;i a
detached retina in her right
eye and a tom retina in her
left eye.
All five patients suffered
bleeding in the eyeball S-vA
three later developed angle-
recession glaucoma, a pressure
in the eye due to rips in the
eye’s drainage system.
Women and shorter driv.ers
are more likely to receive
facial injuries from an inflat
ing air bag, Huelke said.
Nearly 42 percent of the
female drivers sustained facial
injuries — again mostly cuts,
scraps and bmises, compared
with about 24 percent of the
men.
Half of the drivers under 5
feet 5 inches received facial
injuries, while about 18 per
cent of drivers 5 feet 11 inches
or taller suffered facial
injuries.
Drivers wearing lap and
shoulder belts were no more
likely to be protected from
.facial injuries from deploying
air bags than drivers who did
not wear seat belts, Huelke
said.
“If you’re where the air bag
deploys, whether you’re belted
or not, the belting isn’t going
to do anything to get your face
out of that area,” he said.
Because short females sit
closer to the steering w. eel to
reach the pedals, they are
more likely to be close to the
air bag when it deploys, he
said.
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Prowler to help change Plymouth’s stodgy image
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don’t sell many of them or
make a lot of money off of
them.”
The company for several
months has been using the
Prowler as a “tease” in televi
sion ads promoting the entire
Plymouth lineup. That and all
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received in the car-enthusiast
press has worked.
The automaker says it has
received more than 100,000
inquiries about the Prowler
via mail, telephone and
Plymouth’s web site.
“Prowler is an unprecedent
ed combination of an outra
geous yet practical design that
pays homage to the rolling art
of hot rods,” said Marty R.
Levine, Plymouth’s general
manager.
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The car has just two seats.
The trunk is barely big enough
for an overnight bag. This is a
car built solely for fun and
attracting attention. There’s
nothing else like it on the road.
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to invest in a specially built
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one,” Levine said. “So are baby
boomers and older profession
als - anyone who is tired of
look-alike cars.”
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“We think what he’s doing is
really, essentially what the
customers are asking for,”
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said Thursday after Ford’s
annual meeting in Windsor,
Ontario.
Ford is prepared to spend up
to $155 million in the coming
year to bring its new retailing
format to Indianapolis.
Ford confirmed Thursday
that it had approached the
dealers after The Indianapolis
Star independently verified
details of the plan. Rewey
stressed that much remains to
be settled.
The dealers met with Ford
officials Monday and were told
that most of them would be
approached within two weeks
about selling their dealer
ships. Ford has not named all
of the dealers it plans to
approach.
“The anxiety level around
Indianapolis is off the charts,”
said Jerry Harvey, president of
Paul Harvey Ford in
Indianapolis. “To say the least,
we were surprised” by the com
pany’s plan.
He said some employees
might lose their jobs if a con
solidation goes through.
Skilled workers, such as
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will be relatively safe. But oth
ers, such as clerical and sales
help, could be in jeopardy,
Harvey said.
Ford said that if the program
goes through, each of the
megadealers would have about
25 acres and offer new and
used car sales and service. The
service-only stores would sup
plement the dealers’ service
operations.
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