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"Jennifer" <notspam-sec4251@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ocg8d2d4mlngjrjhblja9cik2h1rpuektd@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> I might have given the wrong impression, it is not a true hand me
> down, but would have to be purchased and newly registered by me. I
> really do not want the air bags at all, I have been driving cars for
> for all these years without air bags and would prefer to see what was
> happening in front of me at all times.[/color]

I don't know what you expect but air bags must fully deploy in a very short
time - seven milliseconds IIRC. They deflate nearly as quickly.

Either you're in the process of having an accident - in which case seeing
what's in front of you is irrelevant - or in the very rare case that one
goes off when it should not, it's like a flashbulb. Loud and startling but
nothing remains "in front of you" to block your vision.

OT... a family member of mine helped develop airbags in the early 1970's.
Back then, they really filled up the whole front of the car - and of course
being essentially an explosion increased the cabin pressure to the point
that if they went off when windows were closed they would injure the
occupants. Some genius decided to set a second explosive charge on the same
circuit which would blow out the back window - Increased pressure at the
front of the passenger compartment, give it someplace to go, right?

So I had the opportunity to watch this slow-motion crash film... the sled
goes down the track at 30 MPH, hits the barrier, the air bags deploy and
catch the dummies... and milliseconds later the remains of the back window,
still moving at 30 MPH, shreds both airbags and dummies. Ooops - back to
the drawing board with that one, fellows! <G>
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Mike Harris
Austin, TX