It's an inertia switch-any over a certain speed
The air bag absorbs the impact of you moving forward during a collision.
As far as I know the force of the impact has to be great enough for the crash sensors to allow the air bags to inflate
Speed doesn't trigger an airbag, otherwise they'd be exploding all over the hgihways. Impact and sudden decceleration triggers them.
The impact of the crash caused the air bag to deploy.
That depends on what you crash into . A solid wall with no " give " or another vehicle The force of the impact has to be great enough for the impact sensor to require the airbag to inflate
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At a delta-v of 10mph
WHen a person collides with an inflated air bag, the impact forces the molecules of gas in the bag closer together. The compression of the gas absorbs the energy of the impact.
it makes the impact soft-er
To inflate a speed bag, locate the small air valve on the bag and insert a pump needle. Use a hand pump or air compressor to slowly inflate the bag until it feels firm but still has some give when punched. Be sure not to overinflate the bag to prevent damage.
I just had this happen. The airbag light came on in my '04 Tiburon, I took it to the dealer and they determined it was part of the seat belt mechanism that was defective. After replacing everything was fine, light went off. AIR BAG light is a warning that there is a malfunction in the SRS (supplemental restraint system) or air bag system. The seat belt triggered it because the air bag computer uses the seat belt to determine if someone is in the seat and therefore if it needs to deploy the air bag in low speed situations. It will almost always deploy the airbag in high speed situations, regardless of seatbelt use or not.