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Rich
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John Thompson wrote:
>>I think the whole thing was staged, as I'm pretty sure airbags are
>>triggered by accerlometers and not switches in the bumper.
> I'm not so sure. The accelerometers were probably tickled already by the
> abrupt stop (remember those shreiking brakes?) and may have only needed a
> little more to trigger the air bag.
I did a little more research. It seems that airbags also only go off
when the vehicle is travelling above some threshold speed (typically
9-16mph) when the crash occurs. Now I'm even more convinced the thing
was staged.
But it was funny.
Rich
>>I think the whole thing was staged, as I'm pretty sure airbags are
>>triggered by accerlometers and not switches in the bumper.
> I'm not so sure. The accelerometers were probably tickled already by the
> abrupt stop (remember those shreiking brakes?) and may have only needed a
> little more to trigger the air bag.
I did a little more research. It seems that airbags also only go off
when the vehicle is travelling above some threshold speed (typically
9-16mph) when the crash occurs. Now I'm even more convinced the thing
was staged.
But it was funny.
Rich