I wouldnt want to hit a 400 lb deer!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Levy" <andylevy@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Fw: Deer Vs. Dak
> Airbags these days are triggered by accelerometers, not contact. That
> is, they will trigger only if there's a certain G-force exterted while
> decelerating. How quickly did the deer stop you? (ok, unfair question -
> I KNOW a Dak wouldn't be stopped in its tracks by a 400-lb deer).
>
> The airbag sensors are not in the front bumper area anywhere you got hit
> (I've removed all the damaged pieces I see in your pix and there ain't
> nothing behind them). I know in Durangos the sensors are in the
> B-pillar (behind the door), probably the same on the Dak.
>
> Josh Hancock wrote:
>
> > Here is a link to the pics of what happened to my
> > dak yesterday. I think the subject explains it but my
> > question is, Could someone look at these and tell me
> > why my airbags did not go off??? Could there be a
> > problem or was this right???
> >
> > Thanks
> > Josh
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/joshrh/deervsdak.html
>
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