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

OzOne wrote:

> Not a bad idea to be conscious after that accident so you can run
> away.....
> 
> I have friends who drive up/down the Mount Hotham road and never wear
> seatbelts "because it will make it impossible to get out of the car if
> you lose it and are going over the edge" IIRC there have bee 3 or 4
> such incidents in 20 or 30 years and the occupants have not survived
> the huge drops.
> There are however 100's of minor accidents on the road every winter
> and dozens of major ones involving hard impacts and rollovers.


At what point during a loss of control situation will ANYONE have time 
to jump from a car if it's heading for the cliff ????????
by the time they realize they are going over the edge all they will have 
time to do is start to reach for the door handle, bt that time they are 
already going over

there are even dim witted truck drivers out there(The ones who cream 
themselves over a ****ny Kenworth usually) who think they'll be able to 
jump from their truck when they are going to crash

Kev