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How do you activate the front airbags

Model: (Various brands) Various
Part: Airbag

In this video, made by a forensic biomechanics association, we see a demonstration of how the front airbags activate in the event of a collision. As for the driver's airbag, we see the immediate inflation of the airbag without causing damage to the vehicle, and it seems that the part that flies away is not large enough to cause damage to the vehicle or the user. In the case of the passenger airbag, we see that the cover flying away definitely causes serious damage to the windshield, breaking it in various points; it would certainly have caused damage to the head of the passenger sitting in the seat.

Posted on 1 June 2024 by ScegliAuto

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