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

"^Tems^" <brookersteve913@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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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

There's no way that car *impacted* the bus at 60km/h. That's looks more in

the vicinity of 15-20km/h. It may have been travelling at 60 before the 
driver braked, but actual impact at that speed would have caused a lot
more 
damage than that (unless the bus was driving away from her at about 45km/h

at the time)

-- 
Kwyj.