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What speed does and air bag open when hitting another car?
Airbags are designed to deploy only when they might be needed to prevent serious injury. In order for airbags to be effective they must deploy early in a crash; in a frontal crash this typically occurs within the first 50 milliseconds (0.05 seconds). A vehicle's airbag control module relies on feedback from crash sensors to predict whether an event is severe enough to warrant an airbag deployment.Frontal airbags: Frontal airbags are designed to inflate in moderate to severe frontal crashes. Among airbags with advanced features that include a safety belt sensor, there are different inflation thresholds depending on whether people are using their safety belts. One threshold used by airbag designers is "must deploy" which includes a situation such as an impact into a rigid wall of 10-12 mph for unbelted occupants. The "must deploy" threshold is slightly higher - about 16 mph - for belted occupants because the belts alone are likely to provide adequate protection up to these moderate speeds. Frontal airbags may deploy to help protect occupants in side impacts if there is sufficient forward deceleration during the crash. For example, if a vehicle is moving forward at the time of a side impact, frontal airbags can help prevent serious injuries.Advanced airbags compliant with government crash performance standards have been required in all passenger vehicles effective with model year 2007. Advanced airbags are designed to suppress deployment if weight sensors in the seat detect that a front-seat passenger is small or in a child safety seat. Advanced airbags also can deploy at a lower energy level or pressure when passengers are small or out of position, or if the crash is of very low severity.Side airbags: Because of the small space between an occupant and the side of the vehicle, side airbags must deploy very quickly to cushion occupants from intruding vehicles or objects. Some airbags typically deploy within the first 10-20 milliseconds of a side crash. "Must deploy" thresholds can be as low as 8 mph for narrow object crashes (e.g., trees and poles) and 18 mph for the more distributed side crashes (vehicle-to-vehicle crashes). Several auto manufacturers deploy the side airbags in frontal crashes to help control occupant movement during the rebound phase of a crash. Some curtain side airbags may stay inflated longer to protect occupants in rollover crashes. Allowing the airbags to remain inflated or triggering their deployment during a rollover can help prevent full or partial ejection of occupants.Curtorsey: Institute for Highway Safety
Are airbags effective?
Only when used
How many times can airbags be used before they have to be replaced?
Airbags are designed to be used only once.
Does and air bag in an automobile use hydraulics and pneumatics?
Niether. Although it is possible to inflate an airbag with pneumatics, most car airbags are actually inflated by an explosive charge called sodium azide, which is even faster than pneumatics. Airbags only have a fraction of a second to inflate, which is why a sodium azide explosive charge is used. Inflating an airbag hydraulically would be very bad - hydraulic fluid is incompressible, and thus can't absorb any crash energy. It would probably just burst even if you could inflate it quickly enough!
How many airbags are in a 1989 Honda Prelude?
None. Airbags were not introduced (driver's side only at the time) until 1990.
Did the Lincoln Mark VII have safety airbags?
From 1984 to 1989 they did not have any airbags but 1990 - 1992 they had only one in the steering wheel...
What year did Nissan trucks get airbags?
1996+ got Airbags (driver side only for 96-97). 98+ was Frontier in the US (no more Hardbody)
Does 1990 Ford Rangers have airbags?
Only in the steering wheel I presume.
If the seat belts released and air bags did not deploy on impact would you have grounds not only to sue the driver but also the manufacturer of the vehicle?
You must be an American retard ? Airbags deploys only if it's needed ! If the vehicle's involved goe's too slow it would not deploy .
Can you play as coco in crash of the titans?
Nope. Only fake / recolor Crash only.
Can you drive a car after the airbags have deployed without replacing them?
Sure you CAN. The question is should you? Only you can answer that.
How safe is Volvo xc90?
How safe in comparison to crash testing ? The XC90 is the only 4x4 SUV that has ever been put through the roll over test. (Almost as if the Volvo folk thought - we can do that ...) Along with side impact protection, a stupid amount of airbags and curtains So all in all, this is a very safe car. Have a look at this report: http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/safety.aspx?year=2008&make=Volvo&model=XC90&trimid=-1
