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Yar @ Mar 23rd 2008 4:59PM
I thought airbags used a small explosive charge to generate the gas required to inflate an airbag, since keeping a compressed tank of gas on board the vehicle would be hazardous and unreliable. Plus, if the accident is severe enough to require the Jaws of Life for extraction, wouldn't we have to assume that the airbags would have already deployed?
Chaz @ Mar 23rd 2008 5:07PM
+1
andre lavoie @ Mar 23rd 2008 5:38PM
actually, its not safe to assume that the airbags have gone off no matter how severe the accident. undeployed airbags are a major safety concern for rescue crews.
sw @ Mar 23rd 2008 5:47PM
Not always, under certain circumstances where it's better for an airbag not to go off, it doesn't. Or there could be a malfunction.