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You know I was just wondering, Looking at that truck, it seems like it took a pretty good lick and maybe even a roll. Why didn't any of the air bags pop
I wrecked mine about a month ago, Hit a fort Tausus(sp) in the side and had a F150 eat my A$$ at the same time. Not one airbag poped out! I am glad, but just confused. The wreck was no little fender bender either, we were all doing about 60mph on the Interstate. Both others involved were totaled out.
Has anybody ever seen an AV airbag pop
Les
I wrecked mine about a month ago, Hit a fort Tausus(sp) in the side and had a F150 eat my A$$ at the same time. Not one airbag poped out! I am glad, but just confused. The wreck was no little fender bender either, we were all doing about 60mph on the Interstate. Both others involved were totaled out.Has anybody ever seen an AV airbag pop
Les 
02-Z66
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carriles said:You know I was just wondering, Looking at that truck, it seems like it took a pretty good lick and maybe even a roll. Why didn't any of the air bags pop
Has anybody ever seen an AV airbag pop
glad to hear that you are okay.
02-Z66 said:
me2..
BTW what is the impact rating for the AV airbags?
avexplorer
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airbags only go off in a frontal impact,and it has to be a fairly good one.they don't go off in a roll over.
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Packoo
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That truck is from Ross Downing Chevrolet in Hammond, LA... I know cause thats where I got mine from and I HAD the same lil dealership sticker....
Hate to see a AV brother so close to home have a terminal problem
Hate to see a AV brother so close to home have a terminal problem
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Just got done explaining this to my Dad after his airbag didn't go off when he totalled his Kia.
Modern airbags are much different from the very early ones. In the beginning there was an inertial sensor that measured deceleration, if the deceleration was fast enough, the airbag blew. Now the airbag deplyment depends on many more sensors including inertial sensors, yaw sensors, pitch sensors, insome cases weight sensors in the seat, seat position sensors, ABS sensors, etc. This on top of the physics involved at the base of the equation.
This is only a theory: When you hit the Taurus, you impacted on the soft part of his car with the hard part of yours. This means that he absorbed the Lions share of that impact. Because of that your truck decelerated slower than if you had hit his bumper or a wall for instance. Your airbag system decided that airbag deployment was not necessary and therefore did not activate.
Man that Taurus must have looked really bad! It absorbed the impact of not only your truck, but also the force from the Ford pushing your truck even harder!!!
Modern airbags are much different from the very early ones. In the beginning there was an inertial sensor that measured deceleration, if the deceleration was fast enough, the airbag blew. Now the airbag deplyment depends on many more sensors including inertial sensors, yaw sensors, pitch sensors, insome cases weight sensors in the seat, seat position sensors, ABS sensors, etc. This on top of the physics involved at the base of the equation.
This is only a theory: When you hit the Taurus, you impacted on the soft part of his car with the hard part of yours. This means that he absorbed the Lions share of that impact. Because of that your truck decelerated slower than if you had hit his bumper or a wall for instance. Your airbag system decided that airbag deployment was not necessary and therefore did not activate.
Man that Taurus must have looked really bad! It absorbed the impact of not only your truck, but also the force from the Ford pushing your truck even harder!!!