Relevant_Monstrosity t1_isanydi wrote on October 14, 2022 at 2:55 PM

Reply to comment by VentingSalmon in TIL the first confirmed victim of Takata airbags was 18y/o Parham. As she drove around a car park, she lightly bumped another vehicle making the airbag inflate, sending metal pieces at such tremendous force that one hit the teen’s neck slicing open her carotid artery. She bled to death in her seat by ahm713

I now drive an American-made car with proper safety systems (Tesla 3). Sold that wagon when the engine and transmission failed in the same week, spent all my savings and nearly cost me my job.