Thursdays Suck.... Bit of a rant (airbag)

[txrocco@sbcglobal.net (ATS - Patrick Bureau)]

simply put, the air bag sensor is located on the bumper, and the deer legs
are not enough of an impact ont it to trigger the airbag.

Ah.. use the money the insurance if going to to "fix" the Chrysler to add
mods to the rocco, scrap the Chrysler...lol

ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net


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  Subject: Re: Thursdays Suck.... Bit of a rant (airbag)


  In a message dated 11/1/2002 11:21:13 AM Eastern Standard Time,
jtoomasson@yahoo.com writes:

  But what was alarming
  was
  >that the airbag didn't go off.

  Don't expect the airbag to go off in most instances.  It takes a large
impact of deceleration for the airbag to go off.  The airbag will go off
when you hit something like a wall, or another car,  causing your car to go
from 30mph to 0 in a second.  I doubt a deer can ever cause an impact like
that.  More likely you hit the deer, it went airborne, and then you stopped
the car.  The deer didn't stop the car.  I hope i'm making some sense
because it doesn't feel like I am.
  Brian 86 16v
  98 Jetta GLX Vr6