I didn't say it's a good thing...I'm just saying that I doubt that impact
would exert enough force to trigger the airbags. The deer's a couple
hundred pounds that will move fairly easily upon impact. Compare to a wall
or even another vehicle, which won't.
OK, so I suck and have no clue how much the average deer weighs.
Apparently I shot WAY high?
Hemikota wrote:
> 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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