Thus spake RickMerrill <Rick0.merrill@gmail.lessspam.com> :

>blythe b wrote:
>> http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/31/hon...all/index.html
>
>
>Maybe you should Shut your eyes upon impact? ;-)
>
>Also, remember to put your hands at 9:00 and 3:00.
>If you put your hands at the old 10-2 and the airbag
>fires off it has happened that the driver's thumbs were broken!

Urban myth. The energy isn't enough to do more than remove your hands
from the wheel.

>
>Hands now go at 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock if you drive with airbags.

9 and 3 because you have much greater control. And shuffle steer.
Although I have always driven my race cars "hands on" because you can
"lose" them. Now I drive my Fit that way at speeds greater than about
6 mph to keep the fingers on the paddles.
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