Whats the point of airbags...?

[Philippine Mango]

Explain... Especially front passenger airbags..

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[Evadman]

a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

 

[altonb1]

to keep you from dying?

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: Evadman
a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

Thats what seatbelts are for.

 

[clamum]

 

[DeviousTrap]

Originally posted by: Evadman
a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

It's not exactly a pillow, but just about anything is better than your head hitting the steering wheel.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Evadman
a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

Thats what seatbelts are for.

a seatbelt keeps you from flying around, and an airbag keeps you from impact with the steering wheel or dashboard.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Evadman
a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

Thats what seatbelts are for.

a seatbelt keeps you from flying around, and an airbag keeps you from impact with the steering wheel or dashboard.

????

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Evadman
a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

Thats what seatbelts are for.

a seatbelt keeps you from flying around, and an airbag keeps you from impact with the steering wheel or dashboard.

????

what are you confused about?

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Evadman
a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

Thats what seatbelts are for.

a seatbelt keeps you from flying around, and an airbag keeps you from impact with the steering wheel or dashboard.

????

what are you confused about?

Don't worry about him... He's a little slow.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: DeviousTrap
It's not exactly a pillow, but just about anything is better than your head hitting the steering wheel.

I know. I was trying to get the point across, not go into the physics of the chemical reation that inflates the bag. Or the huge forces of it expanding to meet your face, and the differences between slowing your head down from the speed you were going to being at rest over 8" instead of nearly instantly stopping as your head hit hits the steering wheel or the windshield.

 

[DeviousTrap]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Evadman
a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

Thats what seatbelts are for.

a seatbelt keeps you from flying around, and an airbag keeps you from impact with the steering wheel or dashboard.

????

The seatbelt will hold your lower torso, not your head.

 

[Rainsford]

Side impact airbags are even more useful, as no seatbelt is going to stop your head from slamming into your window in a side impact collision.

 

[oznerol]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
Explain... Especially front passenger airbags..

Why are people so keen to question safety precautions designed by people who are far more intelligent than they are?

Airbags are used in conjunction with seatbelts to provide the maximum level of safety possible in a consumer vehicle. A seatbelt is essentially there to keep you in position, primarily so that you can remain under control of the vehicle in a minor collision.

An airbag is there to prevent many things - in particular, whiplash. It also provides a cushion between a passenger and the car, which allows the force of the impact to be distributed evenly across your body.

 

[Skiguy411]

delta p = Fnet *delta t

Its all about the delta t. The air bag allows for a greater delta t, thus allowing for less force on your body

 

[Yossarian]

I'm still waiting for the foam deployment thing they had in Demolition Man.

 

[astrocase]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
Explain... Especially front passenger airbags..

Common sense escape you?

 

[mb]

This thread completes the trifecta of car saftey flamebait threads. First the tailgaiting thread, then the seatbelt thread, and now this. Good job.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Evadman
a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

Thats what seatbelts are for.

a seatbelt keeps you from flying around, and an airbag keeps you from impact with the steering wheel or dashboard.

????

what are you confused about?

Last time I checked, when I stopped suddenly, I don't remember my face getting even slightly close to the dash board, what prevented me from this? It's called the seatbelt.

 

[drinkmorejava]

This is even worst than the seatbelt thread a few hours ago.

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Evadman
a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

Thats what seatbelts are for.

a seatbelt keeps you from flying around, and an airbag keeps you from impact with the steering wheel or dashboard.

????

what are you confused about?

Last time I checked, when I stopped suddenly, I don't remember my face getting even slightly close to the dash board, what prevented me from this? It's called the seatbelt.

"Stopping suddenly" is not quite the same thing as, say, hitting a brick wall. Your stops may seem "sudden" to you, but they really aren't, and I doubt you've ever stopped so suddenly that the front of the car buckled and pushed the dashboard towards your face.

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Evadman
a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

Thats what seatbelts are for.

a seatbelt keeps you from flying around, and an airbag keeps you from impact with the steering wheel or dashboard.

????

what are you confused about?

Last time I checked, when I stopped suddenly, I don't remember my face getting even slightly close to the dash board, what prevented me from this? It's called the seatbelt.

I'm sure this is all flamebait anyway (or you really are that stupid), but your car comes to a MUCH quicker stop in a head on collision than it does from slamming on your brakes.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: Rainsford

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Evadman
a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

Thats what seatbelts are for.

a seatbelt keeps you from flying around, and an airbag keeps you from impact with the steering wheel or dashboard.

????

what are you confused about?

Last time I checked, when I stopped suddenly, I don't remember my face getting even slightly close to the dash board, what prevented me from this? It's called the seatbelt.

"Stopping suddenly" is not quite the same thing as, say, hitting a brick wall. Your stops may seem "sudden" to you, but they really aren't, and I doubt you've ever stopped so suddenly that the front of the car buckled and pushed the dashboard towards your face.

If the dashboard comes AT ME, the the car's firewall ISN'T doing it's job...

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Evadman
a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

Thats what seatbelts are for.

a seatbelt keeps you from flying around, and an airbag keeps you from impact with the steering wheel or dashboard.

????

what are you confused about?

Last time I checked, when I stopped suddenly, I don't remember my face getting even slightly close to the dash board, what prevented me from this? It's called the seatbelt.

Now go drive into a brick wall at 50 and report back.

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Evadman
a pillow is softer than the dashboard.

Thats what seatbelts are for.

a seatbelt keeps you from flying around, and an airbag keeps you from impact with the steering wheel or dashboard.

????

what are you confused about?

Last time I checked, when I stopped suddenly, I don't remember my face getting even slightly close to the dash board, what prevented me from this? It's called the seatbelt.

Now go drive into a steel reinforced wall at 80 and report back.

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