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wide use of PLB's was adopted in things such as cars that activate them when the airbag goes


I do not think that the current state or use of the PLB as the activation tool for SAR missions is really appropriate for wide scale use, such as in motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). MVAs occur approximately every 60 seconds in the US (say 10% result in air bag deployment), activation of a PLB for each of these MVAs and the subsequent activation of SAR resources is not an intelligent use of these resources.

Commercial ventures such as OnStar, perhaps enhanced through the use of satellite technology is a better alternative to wide spread use of PLBs.

Pete