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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / January 2007Would bumper-mounted airbags help?
They'd be deployed by a collision sensor. They should reduce the severity of a a collision, but the question is to what extent. Comments? > They'd be deployed by a collision sensor. They should reduce the > severity of a a collision, but the question is to what extent. Comments? Eat sh.t and die, you dumb whore. I'm sick of these "solutions" to car crashes that involve raising car prices by a $1000 - and for everyone, even the good drivers. You want to reduce the incredible highway carnage, then go after the BAD drivers that are the cause. We need license suspensions and jail time for speeders and drunk drivers and red light runners. And a mandatory 20 year minimum for anyone found at fault in a fatal crash. Don't make the good drivers pay - Make the bad drivers pay. Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS consumed some gay kid porn, raped a goat and then spewed forth this crap in rec.autos.driving: << snip >> > Don't make the good drivers pay - Make the bad drivers pay. If it protects me and my vehicle from shitty drivers like you and yours, then it is well worth it.  Signature-- "There's not a shred of evidence that the jerries murdered anything close to 7 million jooz. Another monstrous lie just like the 9-11 official story. " -- Laura Bush murdered her boyfriend, 12/01/2004 Ref: http://tinyurl.com/9oog5 Message-ID: <780ea958.0411302101.5ef25456@posting.google.com> > Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Speeders & Drunk > Drivers are MURDERERS consumed some gay kid porn, raped a goat and then [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > If it protects me and my vehicle from shitty drivers like you and yours, > then it is well worth it. For Judy, you need a long-range homing missile to keep 'her' well away along with her tars. Graham > > Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Speeders & Drunk > > Drivers are MURDERERS consumed some gay kid porn, raped a goat and then [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Graham Make sure it includes white phosphorus to ignite the sandpaper. >>They'd be deployed by a collision sensor. They should reduce the >>severity of a a collision, but the question is to what extent. Comments? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Don't make the good drivers pay - Make the bad drivers pay. Lead by example - STOP DRIVING > They'd be deployed by a collision sensor. They should reduce the > severity of a a collision, but the question is to what extent. Comments? A bunch of airbags can be used if they're for rollover impacts, like when driving off of a cliff. Other uses for normal traffic problems are silly. We need better drivers and safer roadways, not better methods of crashing. > > They'd be deployed by a collision sensor. They should reduce the > > severity of a a collision, but the question is to what extent. Comments? > > A bunch of airbags can be used if they're for rollover impacts, like > when driving off of a cliff. How often do ppl drive off a cliff ? Graham Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Eeyore said in rec.autos.driving: > > > They'd be deployed by a collision sensor. They should reduce the > > > severity of a a collision, but the question is to what extent. Comments? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > How often do ppl drive off a cliff ? You'd be surprised. Signature"Man, I gotta tip my hat to Whitey... ...That Whitey's a baaad mother f.cker!" --Chris Rock > They'd be deployed by a collision sensor. They should reduce the > severity of a a collision, but the question is to what extent. Comments? Very little. The total energy transferred in an accident would be little changed but the instantaneous forces would probably be reduced a bit. Compare with the 'hydraulic buffers' on my Saab ! Graham > They'd be deployed by a collision sensor. They should reduce the > severity of a a collision, but the question is to what extent. Comments? They wouldn't do a thing. The massive crushing damage you see in many collisions is not because they can't build the car strong enough, but rather the body itself is acting as a sort of airbag. The idea is instead of stopping you instantly, it slows you down over some distance by folding and bending up. So essentially you are right now driving an airbag, but it needs to be steel or some kind of metal due to the great masses involved. todd_wasson@performancesimulations.com said in rec.autos.driving: >> They'd be deployed by a collision sensor. They should reduce the >> severity of a a collision, but the question is to what extent. Comments? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >airbag, but it needs to be steel or some kind of metal due to the great >masses involved. It's more like a ball of loosely-crumpled tinfoil than an airbag, but you are absolutely correct: the car is designed to crumple up and allow the deceleration to occur over a longer distance, lessening the damage to the vehicle's occupants. The noble car is designed to sacrifice itself so that you might live. :) SignatureI'm a wreckless driver and damn proud of it! > The noble car is designed to sacrifice itself so that you might live. A wise choice. The first car I know of designed in this manner was the P6 Rover introduced in 1963 IIRC. Graham Hi! > > The noble car is designed to sacrifice itself so that you might live. > > A wise choice. The first car I know of designed in this manner was the P6 Rover > introduced in 1963 IIRC. The concept was devised and patented by one Bela Barenyi who worked on it for Daimler-Benz in the 1950s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumple_zone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela_Barenyi HTH. Yours, Erik. Signature"Oh, and I used to drive a VW Beetle to compensate for my penis size." -- "Red Drag Diva" in a.s.r. |
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