#2289: Can I Borrow Your Airbag for a Moment?

Back when airbags were a new thing, it was pretty common that cars had only one and it was for the driver. Of course, this meant that front seat passengers were in a relatively vulnerable position in the event of a front-end crash. But some passengers refused to accept their crash-dummy fate. Check it out, along with more calls and a new puzzler on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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