Airbags are Joan Claybrook's legacy. The original intent was for airbags to
protect those people who did not buckle up. This was found to be impractical
and the bags were changed to become an aid to the seatbelts, a very expensive
aid at that.
My question is if air bags are so great why doesn't NASCAR, CART, Indy Car,
F1, SCCA, etc, etc use air bags ?
KW
Rader wrote:
> Digressing a little bit, I really doubt that the move towards airbags
> was a study in rational engineering. Meaning it had little to do with
> "better and cheaper" OR "what most people will use." Rather, my belief
> is that it was at best a compromise between industry & government, and
> a perfect example of design by committee. The world is full of mandates
> and standards that don't make a whole lot of technical or business sense,
> because the developers got sick and tired of arguing and finally struck
> a deal somewhere in the middle.
>
> We could discuss this until we're blue in the face, but I don't
> think we're going to be changing anyone's mind, and we'll still have
> to live with the bombs in our face in one form or another.
>
> Ron
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