 StompinRound
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
 43 Posts
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:06:01 PM
Just like the folks in the video probably got that airbag out of a wrecked car... You should always wear your seatbelt and sit as far back as possibly comfortable.
I had a tierod break and lost control of a 07 vehicle with "modern" air bags and hit a tree headon at 65 mph and neither the driver or passenger airbags deployed |
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 zombunny
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2524 Posts
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:15:31 PM
"An acquaintance of my sister - a petite woman - was riding with her husband when they had a minor accident. The bag went off, breaking her neck, and she died instantly. Just horrible."
Oh god I am so screwed. |
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 Angilion
Male, 40-49, Europe
9533 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:40:38 PM
Makes me wonder if they should be adjustable since a five foot, 100 pound woman gets the same treatment as a 6'4" 300 lb linebacker.
Modern ones are often adjustable, at least at the more expensive end. Auto-adjusting in some cases, with sensors detecting things such as seat position, restraints used and even the weight of the person.
That happened because of deaths, like your sister's acquaintance. The early models were calibrated for an average adult with an average seating position and not wearing a seatbelt, so they were wrong for probably most people.
But they're still not safe for very small people, so children should always be in the back. |
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 JaundiceCake
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
680 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:40:14 PM
I had a concussion and a burn on my face from an airbag. I think a plastic bit from the dashboard also hit me, I'll never know. Never saw it coming, was reading the newspaper in the passenger seat. :[ |
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 swoop408
Male, 18-29, Western US
1768 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:25:49 PM
I hit a tree once at 5 mph. Meant to hit the brakes while parking though. It was only a bump, but the airbag deployed and broke my nose and gave me two black eyes. I lied and said I was defending a woman against a pack of rapists. |
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 carmium
Female, 50-59, Canada
4011 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 8:28:10 AM
An acquaintance of my sister - a petite woman - was riding with her husband when they had a minor accident. The bag went off, breaking her neck, and she died instantly. Just horrible.
Makes me wonder if they should be adjustable since a five foot, 100 pound woman gets the same treatment as a 6'4" 300 lb linebacker. |
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 cooltapes
Female, 18-29, Western US
101 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:52:02 AM
@Vimto, darkmagic was quoting Homer Simpson. |
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 pmarren
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
3379 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:41:03 AM
Sometimes rednecks can be awesome! |
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 EgalM
Male, 18-29, Canada
1667 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:14:04 AM
Airbags put out somewhere between 1-2 TONS of force. The reason being is that it has to counteract you applying that much force in the opposite direction. A friend had an air bag go off at a low speed, he said it was like being punched in the face. I'm taking his word on it. |
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 Vimto
Male, 40-49, Europe
1988 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:13:24 AM
"Seat belts? They kill more people than they save."
Got any facts to back that up? Mine saved my life at the cost of a bit of bruising. |
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darkmagic14n
Male, 18-29, Western US
1634 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 5:41:07 AM
Seat belts? They kill more people than they save.
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Ilikelogic
Male, 40-49, Europe
292 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 5:09:55 AM
David's Farm..
Really, IAB?
The reason why i wouldn't send my children alone to Canada |
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 ForSquirel
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
990 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:30:35 AM
Reminds me of a training video when I was in school on vehicle extrication. Launched a firefighter from a car because he forgot to disconnect the battery. Yet another reason to NOT sleep with your feet proppd up on the dashboard. |
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CreamK
Male, 30-39, Europe
377 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:36:24 AM
Possible but i don't think it was one bag. Enclosed spaces do wonder with explosives.. As for that comment about terrorist using them, not really a good as a weapon... Powerful enough to cause some harm, detonating this in subway car wouldn't even break it's windows... Not enough oomph in that baggage to really do anything.. If it had, all minor road accidents would cause fatalities. |
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 xCYBERDYNEx
Male, 18-29, Southern US
4798 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:34:24 AM
Seems questionable. |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 11:22:33 PM
nice |
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 paperduck
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
981 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 8:35:22 PM
I have had an airbag go off on me during an accident and it is faster than you know what's going on. It's like getting hit in the face with a rubber mallet, but better than flying out of the windshield. I also got rug burn on my forearms since I was holding steering wheel. |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6276 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 8:30:26 PM
@Angelmassb FTW!
Literally what went through my mind at the moment of detonation was: "Al Qaeda. Airbags." ... then "Bag of gravel. Subway. Rush hour." So let me get this straight: even in countries where possession of explosives is illegal, there is a plentiful source of fairly powerful explosives already wired with electronic detonators? So all you need is a 12V battery, a relay and a mobile phone? How are we supposed to protect ourselves against that? If terrorists use them, what laws will we change? Can we ban airbags? Woah.
BTW, that would make for a great car ejector seat.
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 keith2
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
2316 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 8:01:55 PM
27 seconds of suck |
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 HolyGod
Male, 30-39, Western US
2885 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:51:29 PM
NZBNR
I don't think you know what terminal velocity is. Do you think it is the velocity at which you would be terminated? |
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 JaLacaob
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
1793 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:28:37 PM
27 seconds in starts the countdown. |
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 Mantistador
Male, 18-29, Western US
2205 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:16:27 PM
am I the only one annoyed by the fact that theres like 40 seconds of absolutely nothing happening that could have been cut out... |
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 NZBNR
Male, 18-29, Europe
40 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:13:15 PM
Would you rather go flying through the dashboard/windscreen at terminal velocity? |
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 Angelmassb
Male, 18-29, S. America
15474 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:07:55 PM
The first steps of the Redneck Space Program |
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bridog6996
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
562 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:56:23 PM
They probably should have filmed it from farther away, because I almost saw something. |
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