Air bags and smart phones

glentoran99

Nasqueron wrote: »

I didn't say they weren't, I'm questioning why a parent would give a baby/toddler a smartphone to play with in the first place, smacks of the "plonk in front of the glowing box" school of parenting rather than giving kids books or other such learning resources

You aren't a parent are you?


I would have been of exactly the same school of thought until having kids.


Not saying kids should have them all the time and should be limited but tablets and smartphones have their place. My 3 year old has actually learned a lot from the limited time she is allowed it.

Gloomendoom

GwylimT wrote: »

When an airbag is switched off the air compressor can still be activated during a high impact accident.

Air compressor?

Airbags are inflated by an explosive charge.

gord115

GwylimT wrote: »

When an airbag is switched off the air compressor can still be activated during a high impact accident.

Where have you got this information?

I'm sure if an airbag had gone off in an accident, whilst it was turned off and there was a baby in the front,it would have been headline news.

Raxiel

glentoran99 wrote: »

You aren't a parent are you?


I would have been of exactly the same school of thought until having kids.


Not saying kids should have them all the time and should be limited but tablets and smartphones have their place. My 3 year old has actually learned a lot from the limited time she is allowed it.

Not to mention, in the specific example given in this thread, the kind of heavy cardboard paged book you'd give to a small child wouldn't be much more forgiving were it launched facewards by the airbag

GwylimT

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Air compressor?

Airbags are inflated by an explosive charge.

Apologies for not having English as a first language.

GothicStirling

Gloomendoom wrote: »

I have been in a car crash where I T boned another vehicle. I was doing around 50 at the time and braking hard. The first thing that went through my mind was "Bollox, this isn't survivable". Then I watched the airbag slowly emerging from the steering and thought "Airbag. I might have a chance."

What went through your mind?

To tell you the truth, it happened so quickly I don't think anything did. All I remember is being propelled into the dashboard (I was a passenger), the windscreen shattered and the airbag detonated. After that, my first thought was that my sister (the driver) was okay. Car was an instant write-off and if it wasn't for wearing seatbelts, we both would have been through the windscreen. Paramedics and police couldn't believe we walked away with a few bruises and scratches.