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Advice please re query airbag failure.
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Thank you for your replies. I have legal cover with my car insurance, whether this would cover it I have no idea. My car has not been taken away for salvage yet so I will speak to a few people tomorrow about it.0
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nobbysn*ts wrote: »How would a safety device that is designed to slow you hitting the wheel kill you, if you hit the wheel because it malfunctioned?
Because the way an airbag is designed is that you should hit the airbag as it is fully inflated, the explosive force required to fully inflate an airbag in 60 milliseconds would not be the kind of thing you'd want to be in the way of.0 -
Short in stature would be my guess, ie sitting very close to the steering wheel (scares me every time I see it on the road...nose almost on steering wheel!), coupled with a seat with poor anti-submarining qualities. And of course at 35mph into a tree it's likely that as the OP was travelling towards the steering wheel, the steering wheel was travelling towards the OP!PintAndAPie wrote: »I would be questioning why the seat belt did not prevent you from striking the steering wheel.0 -
PintAndAPie wrote: »If you hit the steering wheel you are very lucky that the air bag did not go off, it would most likely have killed you. I would be questioning why the seat belt did not prevent you from striking the steering wheel.
He probably didn't hit the steering wheel, the injuries described can easily be caused by the seat belt.
Whether the air bag should have deployed or not, no one on here can say, and would probably need an expert to determine.0 -
PintAndAPie wrote: »Because the way an airbag is designed is that you should hit the airbag as it is fully inflated, the explosive force required to fully inflate an airbag in 60 milliseconds would not be the kind of thing you'd want to be in the way of.
You don't want to be in front of an airbag? You prefer to turn them off! Nope, I want to use mine if I need to, not bounce around the cabin thanks.0 -
Yes gents I'm only 5ft 3 but I don't sit peering over the steering wheel. I spend several hours a day driving as part of my job. I'd post a photo of the car but I can't see how to from my iPad.0
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nobbysn*ts wrote: »You don't want to be in front of an airbag? You prefer to turn them off! Nope, I want to use mine if I need to, not bounce around the cabin thanks.
Get someone to re-read for you what I actually wrote and you'll see that I didn't write anything of the sort.0 -
PintAndAPie wrote: »Get someone to re-read for you what I actually wrote and you'll see that I didn't write anything of the sort.
No, you just haven't a clue about airbags, and posting nonsense?0 -
Here we go (again) :rotfl:0
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nobbysn*ts wrote: »No, you just haven't a clue about airbags, and posting nonsense?
OK then genius, would you mind posting at what point of inflation is an airbag designed to contact the driver or passenger of a vehicle?0
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