[Mike]

I think the bags go off because of deceleration force ... not impact force .... the tire that hit my car while i was going probably in the neighborhood of about 110 - 120 caused my airbags to deploy , yet the tire didnt touch the bumper of the car at all .... it hit the oil pan.... so hard the bags popped .... ahah the car launched like 3 feet in the air too hahah all at like 110 or something .... quite a fitting end for the car i think ....



I personally hate airbags and if i had been smart and unplugged the ones in my car the damage would have been new oil pan and thats it ... but since they went off the car was written off .... and its for the better since they paid me out more than i paid for the car :) and now i have a real car....lol

The deceleration force you experienced was not enough to set off the bags ... ..



out of curiosity ... how did you hit the median ?