Patience is a Virtue

[kram 2.0]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2889527841583480458

I don't think this was posted before - remember that next time you all wait for a pedestrian! :eek:

kram

[peekaboo]

i've been studying that video (i've seen a while ago) and i believe it is fake.
i will have some experts analyze it and return with a definite answer.
that airbag opened extremely slow.
if that were an accident, the driver's face would have hit the wheel long before that airbag inflated.
there should also be a cloud of exhaust gasses (white) which is not visible in the video.

[Cricket]

That was staged. An airbag doesn't deploy that slowly.

:) Cricket

[David M]

There is also some sort of white smoke or very fine white powder which is everywhere when an airbag is deployed. I saw the video..it is very funny.

[ComputerNut]

And for that matter, wouldnt an air bag sensor need a stronger force to activate? something stronger than just a handbag? Im not mechanic so then again I could be wrong :p

[HAL9000]

That bang would not deploy an airbag... it actually takes a pretty strong impact to deploy... a couple of years ago I was rear ended and pushed into a truck... guarantee you more impact than that purse.... no airbag.

Found this;

Triggering conditions
Air bags are typically designed to deploy in frontal and near-frontal collisions, which are comparable to hitting a solid barrier at approximately 8 to 14 miles per hour (mi/h) (13 to 23 km/h). Roughly speaking, a 14 mi/h (23 km/h) barrier collision is equivalent to striking a parked car of similar size across the full front of each vehicle at about 28 mi/h (45 km/h). This is because the parked car absorbs some of the energy of the crash, and is pushed by the striking vehicle. Unlike crash tests into barriers, real-world crashes typically occur at angles, and the crash forces usually are not evenly distributed across the front of the vehicle. Consequently, the relative speed between a striking and struck vehicle required to deploy the air bag in a real-world crash can be much higher than an equivalent barrier crash.

[Strider]

I was backing into the driveway one day and wasn't paying attention, hit the fence pole and actually bent the pole into a nice little curve. :D No air bag deployed and no damage to my car which surpised the heck out of me. That is definetly staged, but it's still funny.