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Old 08-22-2006, 06:49 PM   #1
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should the airbag have deployed in this??

no real answer.....just your opinions on of you guys think the airbag should have deployed apond impact.....or not?


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Old 08-22-2006, 06:50 PM   #2
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this is one of those rhetorical questions, right?
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Old 08-22-2006, 06:53 PM   #3
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not really.....because it didn't deploy....

this was a my companies work truck that i got into a head-on collision back on 7/31.......

and i ended up with a broken nose and fractured knee......

i'll explain the whole story in a few.....
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Old 08-22-2006, 07:17 PM   #4
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hell yeah that should have blown. i'd be sue sue sueing.
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Old 08-23-2006, 06:27 AM   #5
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Old 08-23-2006, 07:57 AM   #6
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hell yeah that should have blown. i'd be sue sue sueing.

Who? The car company or the person that CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. It's not the car companies fault somebody decided to smash thier car into someone else.
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Old 08-23-2006, 08:21 AM   #7
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Front impact over X miles per hour (well, actually determined by force, of whcih speed is a factor) = deployed airbag. It should have deployed.
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Old 08-23-2006, 08:23 AM   #8
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Who? The car company or the person that CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. It's not the car companies fault somebody decided to smash thier car into someone else.
If the airbag was a manufacturer defect he could theoretically sue the manufacturer. Or the company for improper maintenance checks. Supplemental restraint systems are part of the yearly inspection aren't they? You aren't suing on the basis of who caused the accident (though you can do that as well). You are suing on the basis of a safety measure not working properly.

EDIT: Either way work comp will pay for the medical and injuries. did you know if your personal vehicle breaks on a company related trip you can use work comp for it?

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Old 08-23-2006, 08:48 AM   #9
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If the airbag was a manufacturer defect he could theoretically sue the manufacturer. Or the company for improper maintenance checks. Supplemental restraint systems are part of the yearly inspection aren't they? You aren't suing on the basis of who caused the accident (though you can do that as well). You are suing on the basis of a safety measure not working properly.

EDIT: Either way work comp will pay for the medical and injuries. did you know if your personal vehicle breaks on a company related trip you can use work comp for it?
indeed. the airbags did not deploy in my grandfathers accident in his Trailblazer which resulted in his death, and the death of 2 other passengers in the truck. This was after the truck went in for a dealer recall on the bags. Chevy is getting sued, not to mention penndot for the out of date guard rails which were only lengths of metal wire which played an important role in launching the truck at a tree...

So yeah, airbags not being deployed on a hit like that = problems, specially if you are hurt.

My ex had her bags go off from a much minor hit.
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Old 08-23-2006, 09:17 AM   #10
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My stepdad's airbags didnt go off in his Hyundai when he hit a tree doing 50. Luckily, he walked away with only minor pains.

By the looks of it, it should have went off. Do you know where the airbag sensors are in that truck?
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Old 08-23-2006, 09:37 AM   #11
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My old Hyundai that my brother wrecked. Main impact was passenger side rear (spun 180 off road into a rock emankment. Secondary impact was front driver side as it finished the rotation and hit another embankment. Airbags also did not deploy. I'm still paying this damn car off.

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it should have, but..... It seems like the collision had enough impact time to decelerate properly. Look at how much the hood crunched up. I dunno how fast you were going, but it seems like the car crunched enough to not need to deploy the airbag.
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I would assume, seeing as the sensors are usually mounted right where that impact is.
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Were you injured by them not deploying? If not, then be thankful they didnt deploy.

Maybe the sensors are more sophisticated now then just "certain mph = pop".
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Were you injured by them not deploying? If not, then be thankful they didnt deploy.

Maybe the sensors are more sophisticated now then just "certain mph = pop".
I think its a combined impact of 30mph. Meaning if you hit someone and your speeds are both over 15 = pop. It is a force based sensor though on most cars, but I would certainly thing that even with the crumpling of the front end they would still pop.
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I think its a combined impact of 30mph. Meaning if you hit someone and your speeds are both over 15 = pop. It is a force based sensor though on most cars, but I would certainly thing that even with the crumpling of the front end they would still pop.
There is a mechanical switch that flips and closes a circuit under rapid mass shift, or deccellaration, not impact force in the front end, so if the car slowed down during the crash ie the "crumple" zones, then the airbags might not have deployed.

I just get fed up with people taking things for granted. We expect TV to censor itself so that we don't have to teach our children, and we expect car manufacturers to build safe cars in order to negate our mistakes. If an airbag inflated without reason and killed a person then that would be a valid complaint, but airbags don't cause car crashes. Money Money Money.
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There is a mechanical switch that flips and closes a circuit under rapid mass shift, or deccellaration, not impact force in the front end, so if the car slowed down during the crash ie the "crumple" zones, then the airbags might not have deployed.

I just get fed up with people taking things for granted. We expect TV to censor itself so that we don't have to teach our children, and we expect car manufacturers to build safe cars in order to negate our mistakes. If an airbag inflated without reason and killed a person then that would be a valid complaint, but airbags don't cause car crashes. Money Money Money.

Its not always our mistakes though. I have almost been hit on my motorcycle 6 times. Not a single time was that my mistake. Besides, if manufacturers are going to go around touting how safe their vehicles are, then they need to back it up. It's just the nature of the beast.

Suing fast food chains becuause your fat is a little extreme however
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I looks like they DEFINATLY should of.

The front bumper-gard is all warped (where the sensors are to begin with...right) and the body in the bay (where the struts are) are warped to HELL.

DEFINATLY had enough vibrating force to set them off...now you gotta find out why they didn't...
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