Re: At what speed do airbags go off in an accident?

On Tue, 13 May 2008 01:57:38 +0000d, George W. Frost Blathered on
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> "^Tems^" <brookersteve913@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>I went to have a look at a Mondeo for parts that had rear ended a bus.
>> The guy said his niece had hit the bus at around 60 k's. Strange thing
>> was the airbags hadn't gone off. Do they have a set speed they go off
>> or could it have been disconnected?
>>
>> This is the damage to the vehicle
>>
>> http://i8.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/ef/9b/eacf_1.JPG
>> http://i20.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/ef/9d/0571_1.JPG
> 
> Looks like you have either the sensor system disconnected, or you have a
> dud sensor
> A key element is that the crash forces are equivalent to a head-on
> collision with an immovable barrier at 15 - 20  kilometres per hour.
> Because a typical automobile accident only lasts about 0.125 (1/8th) of
> a second, air bags deploy within 15 to 20ms after the initial crash
> impact. They deploy at around 300 kph and deflate around 100 ms after
> impact

Australian or US Market Airbags?
I believe they're still different insofar as the Yankees have a 
propensity to *not* wear seat-belts and so their airbags fire with a tad 
more vigo(u)r than aus.airbags. 



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Toby