Some of the DFW people already know I wrecked my car today. At 55-60 mph I rear ended someone and my air bags did not deploy. You tell me what is wrong with this picture.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f145/hiddentalent23/wrecked1.jpg

air bag sensors are probably mounted lower and didn't receive any signal since the impact was soo high

You did not hit the airbag sensor directly. Same thing happened to me when I had my Matrix. I hit a deer doing 120km/h on the highway....but I hit above the airbag sensor and they never went off.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/DoubleLP/Deer1-1.jpg

Glad to hear that nobody was hurt though.

yep, what did you rear end? a truck/suv?

My chest hurts a little bit. I have a high tolerance for pain. I think I will be ok. I hit a car.

hit a truck/suv?

That is one thing manufacturers don't consider... the majority of vehicles on the road today are SUVs with increased ground clearance... our little cars go right up under them. The airbag sensors are mounted near the impact bar behind the front bumper... from the looks of it your impact bar didn't get touched.

that was a car?? what kinda car? Also, did you go to the doctor because a lot of the time you don't realize how bad your hurt till a few days after and it can be pretty serious by then...

What'd you hit Mark?

My chest hurts a little bit. I have a high tolerance for pain. I think I will be ok. I hit a car.

Dammit matt stop fucking with my post. I was so pissed off I didnt pay attention to what type of car it was. I was paying more attention to the female cop that was standing next to me. I really wanted to go over and hit the old fart.

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Dammit matt stop fucking with my post. I was so pissed off I didnt pay attention to what type of car it was. I was paying more attention to the female cop that was standing next to me. I really wanted to go over and hit the old fart.

:lol: How was I fucking with your post? I didn't do anything.

looks just like mine

http://cobaltss.net/gallery/files/4/1/1/9/455FD1050005B6E6000050BA2200735834CECF0E05019D.JPG

the sensors are mounted behind the metal bumper support. it takes a hard, direct, impact on the body structure to set those off. when you rear-end someone, you are likely standing on the brake at the moment of impact. it dips the nose lower than the normal bumper height.

Oh ya I had my foot on the brakes thats for sure.

airbags go off on force from sudden stops, not just because you hit the sensor...

yah the airbags are placed in such a way where unless you got the full bottom lip to top of hood impact you will never see them deploy. Side airbags.... different story.

airbags go off on force from sudden stops, not just because you hit the sensor...

Sudden stops?? So if I am on the highway and I end up rear ending someone and I do not have time to hit my brakes.....my airbags won't go off? I don't think so.

damn that sucks...sorry about the wreck man. that's a hard hit at those speeds. cars can be replaced, people can't..just a good thing that you're ok

airbags go off on force from sudden stops, not just because you hit the sensor...

The airbags better not go off due to a sudden stop! They should only go off when you hit the sensors!!

You wrecked you car? How come it isn't sitting in my shop right now. Just giving you a hard time. Plano is a bit out of the way anyway. The airbags din't go off because the hit was too high. Had the impact been a little lower, then they would have deployed. Besides, you do not want them to deploy. They deploy at about 250mph and are close to 300 degrees. They typically break jaws, noses, wrists, and usually give 2nd or 3rd degree burns to anythign they come into contact with. At least you are okay though. You will be soar in the morning. Did you ever get your door fixed?

Sudden stops?? So if I am on the highway and I end up rear ending someone and I do not have time to hit my brakes.....my airbags won't go off? I don't think so.

Not sudden brake stops , sudden stops as in a drastic halt of the car itself ....as in like 40 mph to 0 mph in the blink of an eye . You could be going 100 mph and hit the brakes as hard as u could and it would even come close to the force it would take to trigger the sensor :) Those air bag sensors(basic explanation) have ball encased in a very dense material . If the car changes speed drastically enuff to move that ball , bags pop . High hits like this typically do alot of damage with little speed because the part of thats getting hit is not not near as strong as hitting lower where the impact bar is . Most cars with high hits like this unless the impact is severe , the bags will not go off .

first thing I think seeing thoses picks "DAMN "

it must of be a semi cause it wasent low enough to trip a sensor

Sudden stops?? So if I am on the highway and I end up rear ending someone and I do not have time to hit my brakes.....my airbags won't go off? I don't think so.

The airbags better not go off due to a sudden stop! They should only go off when you hit the sensors!!

its the force from a wreck that pushes the sensors apart, its not when you hit sensors, the sensors are actually like magnet and when they seperate is when the bags go off, usually from sudden impact, not a 60-0 stop. so before jumping down my throat, research.

At the speed I was going I really dont see why they didnt go off no matter how high the impact was. Hitting something at 55-60 mph should set them off regaurdless.

Airbag sensors measure acceleration. It has nothing to do with speed or the sensor being hit. If enough accerleration is measure the bags deploy. If not then they don't. Your wreck looks like it folded a lot of metal, which means it did not come to as abrupt of a stop as it otherwise could have. Airbags can cause more harm than good, so they are set to only go off in the worst of crashes.

BTW glad your OK!

airbags go off on force from sudden stops, not just because you hit the sensor...

air bag sensor AND the air bag module have to see the same force. if the sensor gets creemed enough but the blow was "not direct" the module will not see the same impact, in turn the air bags will not go off.

At the speed I was going I really dont see why they didnt go off no matter how high the impact was. Hitting something at 55-60 mph should set them off regaurdless.

Let it go. Trust me. It is better that they did not go off.

Let it go. Trust me. It is better that they did not go off.
I agree with ya. But whats the point of having them if a car looks like this after a wreck.

I agree with ya. But whats the point of having them if a car looks like this after a wreck.

The point where the car got hit , theres nothing really to stop the impact . If u would have been involved in the same accident and hit a car , where the impact bar woulda took most of the impact ...the damage would have been much less .

I agree with ya. But whats the point of having them if a car looks like this after a wreck.

Prolly werent needed. Just be glad they werent used when not needed. They arnt exactly cheap to reinstall. Saves you in the long run

it'll buff out...

The insurance company called me today and my car is going to be trashed. Atleast my insurance will pay it off.

how much is insurance giving you? were you at fault?

yay for insurance. So what will the next car be? Used GTO? 350Z? Another Balt but wait for the turbo? Mazda Speed 3? EVO? STI?

Pacer or Grimlin

damn that sucks...sorry about the wreck man. that's a hard hit at those speeds. cars can be replaced, people can't..just a good thing that you're ok

I second that

oh shit man am sorry dude for your car, but thank God ur ok. So what now is insurance going to cover it ?

i call dibs on rims, lol, j/k, man that sucks bout ur car, i hate to see shit like that, make me think what if it was me, ya know, i got rear ended by a ram 1500 2 months ago, on the highway too, luckily i got away with only craked paint in the rear, and in the front from were he threw me to the car infront of me and no one else was hurt, man, it really sucks when you gt in an accident, but good lukc with everything