[naz]

NikiterZTS,Apr 2 2008, 04:28 PM Wrote:

naz,Apr 1 2008, 03:59 PM Wrote:thanks for the reminder.. i totally need to deactivate the airbag in my car

nothing like an explosive device in front of your face to 'save your life'
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what? :huh:

sometimes i wonder about you Naz
yes sometimes airbags kill....but i believe in 90% they save lives ;)
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i don't have any stats to back this up, just anecdotal hearsay.. i've heard of people suffering broken wrists and noses from the air bag deployment, and suffering burns as well. and in some cases a non serious accident caused airbag deployment, which is sometimes enough to total car..(the bags are expensive and the dash and windshield and steering wheel are fubared)

the airbag isn't a soft pillow that magically appears.. it pretty much explodes out at a speed of around 220mph.. what if you are trying to save the car, and you hit while the wheel is being turned? if your arm is in front of the bag, then you just punched yourself with a massive 220mph sucker punch

i haven't found a place that breaks down all of the physics, nor have i found a crash engineer to talk to.. my gut feel is that 'it depends' on how you are sitting / oriented when the bag deploys, and that makes the difference between the bag helping and the bag totally pwning you