GM Recall: 2005-2007 Cobalts and Pontiac G5s

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  1. Mike500

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    "six people killed while off roading." what the what?:eek:
     
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    The versions I've seen read:
    "six fatalities occurred in five front-end crashes, all of which happened off-road and at high speeds."
    I just want to know whether they were intentionally off-road, or accidentally so. If they unintentionally left the road, then the jarring and bouncing caused the airbags to be shut off before the car collided with a solid object, then I'd be more concerned.
     
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    Interesting.... GM Recalls Cars After Six Deaths - Yahoo Finance was worded a little differently.

    On the front of Yahoo it says:
    A few more (but not much more) details at:
    http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/UCM450074/RCAK-14V047-5800.pdf
    http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/UCM450012/RCDNN-14V047-1347P.pdf