Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:24:11 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Oh Deer, Oh Deer
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this makes the 2nd relatively minor accident on an air bag equipped car or
truck that I've heard of this week where the air bags where 'the main
problem' almost.
Same thing for my friend...........minor accident that barely hurt the car,
both air bags went off, bruising my friends arms, and breaking the
windshield ( the passenger's side air bag broke the windshield, not the
minor crash ) .......
it's a fine running 30 mpg 1995 Ford Escort Wagon.............initial
estimates are right on what I guessitmated - $ 2,960.00.........and the car
runs fine !
I had to tweak on the hood mechanism a little to get it to work, headlights
aren't broken or anything .........yet I'll bet they total this
car...........
mainly due to the air bags which caused more harm than they prevented.
I'm really surprised that air bags aren't tied to vehicle speed - so
they'll only go off above say 45 mpg, or something, to prevent low speed
deployments where they are not needed at all.
Makes me glad that our vanagons don't have air bags in them.
and the basic fact that they are mandated by government, and you don't have
a choice about whether they are armed or not.............
don't like that idea at all !
And ............since children were even getting killed by air bags
.............some states passed laws making it legal to have an on/off
switch on the passenger's front air bag. I think very modern air bags are
somewhat smarter though.............might even have two stages of
deployment, instead of the 'full on only' earlier air bag systems. I could
just about de-arm the air bag in my 88 740 Turbo Volvo sedan. Only one in
that car fortunately.
The horn on the Ford Escort...........got stuck on too............we think
from the driver's air bag going off.
Funny how laws are made to protect dummies.
----- Original Message -----
From: "J Stewart" <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: Oh Deer, Oh Deer
> Same thing happened to a neighbor's teenage daughter Sunday night, though
> it sounds like your experience has a happier ending ( the Vanagon one, not
> the motorcycle!) . She hit a buck in Dodge Dakota pick up, and both air
> bags deployed. The cost of the air bags alone totaled the truck. She was
> also holding the wheel at 9 & 3, and when the airbag deployed it slammed
> her left hand into the drivers side door, didn't break it, but it was her
> only injury. I hate this time of year, traffic report this morning ( Wash.
> DC metro area) had 3 deer incidents in one report. Jeff
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