Airbags how fast

ON — The airbag is activated and all front-facing passengers children and adults can sit safely on the passenger seat. Do check your car handbook for model specific advice though as airbag size and performance does vary. If a child restraint is not available, children under 3 years must travel in the rear, but may be unrestrained. Children 3 years and over, up to cm tall must sit in the rear and use an adult seat belt. Children aged 12 years or more, or over cm tall, may travel the front, but must wear the seat belt.

Children under 3 must be in a child car seat. Children aged 3 or older can sit in the back using an adult belt. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. Skip to content Home Philosophy How fast do you have to be driving for airbags to deploy? Ben Davis April 21, How fast do you have to be driving for airbags to deploy?

At what speed do airbags deploy in a side collision? Do airbags deploy at mph? Can I sue Toyota for airbags not deploying? Can Airbags explode? How often do airbags fail? Can airbags explode after a crash? Could an airbag cause more harm than good? We have already added seat belts and crumple zones to cars.

Is there anything else we can include? One attendee reluctantly raises their hand with a suggestion: "How about we add an explosive in the steering wheel? That's exactly what we will do. We will put a bomb in the car and it will save lives. They were right.

Airbags are explosives and airbags save lives—but it's still a crazy idea. The original idea for the automotive airbag dates back to the early s. It wasn't exactly an explosive-powered device. It involved a compressed gas that would release to fill a type of bladder. This design didn't work very well—it wasn't fast enough.

It turns out the only way to get an airbag to inflate fast enough to be useful is with an explosive. OK, technically it's a chemical reaction that produces gas to fill the bag—but that's essentially an explosion.

So, just how fast does the airbag need to inflate? Let's do a rough estimation to get the minimum inflation time. Here is the situation. It's a nice day for a picnic. Let's go on a picnic, shall we? I will bring some food and you can bring the blanket. The impact threshold for the process is based on a transient impact of 5 to 7g, at a crash speed of between 5 to 15 mph.

The variance is based on several factors, including angle of impact, its characteristics meaning a direct, or deflected secondary hit , transient velocity, or other pressure metrics, as established by the on-board airbag system instrumentation. While these devices do reduce crash fatalities, there are some potential downside impacts in the case of slower speed incidents.

These can include abrasions of the face and body, bruising, or in certain circumstances broken bones. Since , Rick Carlton has authored more than articles on the principles, application, analysis and deployment of interoperable enterprise technologies.

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Knee Airbags Knee airbags can be carried under the passenger glove box, and also under the back of the front seats.