No, your right Andy, if the airbag did deploy after hitting a "giving"
object (relatively insufficient weight to create the G's) then that would
mean the heavier object is still moving and that would be worse because the
driver wouldnt see where he was going.
As for the deer, I bet there are 400 lb bucks out there, Id love to shoot
him, but not with my Dak!
Just reaching for some humor.:0)
Boog
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Levy" <andylevy@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Fw: Deer Vs. Dak
> 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
> >>
>
> --
> -andy
> andylevy@yahoo.com
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