airbag or no airbag

[zan]

this a story of 3 cars, two waja EV with airbags and a Gen2 w/out such thing called Supplementary Restraint System.

the two wajas, on separate incident involved with serious frontal accident quite serious that both engine blocks were broken. notice on how waja absorbed the impact through its crumple zones. the drivers managed to climb out with minor bruise, cause by the deployment of airbag.

on the other hand, gen2 has well designed crumple zone but sadly the driver passed-away due to to serious chest injury. even though he wore the seatbelt (without seatbelt, the driver would have been thrown to the windscreen!), the presence of airbag would have reduce his chance of bad injury or death.

 

[zan]

the second waja driver also walked out safely...

 

[zan]

gen2 driver got killed almost immediately...

p/s oh yes, a good crumple zone will allow all the doors to be opened with little difficulties..
please take note that all the driver's doors could be opened, vital in case of fire or explosion.

 

[TitanRev]

Wah damn horrible lah....luckily for the Waja driver...kesian the Gen2 owner..

 

[2pac]

wah.. damn bad man.... Airbag saves the day.. RIP the Gen2 owner....

Yo bro.. which workshop is this.. is it Chee Keong in Senawang/Seremban ah...

 

[norika_sakai]

wow...damn bad the all the cars...but thankz to airbags that saved both waja owner...but gen2.....condolonce....

in this case, that means waja better than gen2 ???

 

[acbc]

Saw some blood on the Gen2 driver's seat. He probably died after hitting into the steering wheel at high speeds.

RIP.

 

[huakenny]

steering airbag only works if ur car is having front damaged collision....

dead or not is on fate...airbag juz helps a liitle bit only....

i saw a toyota hilux terbalik n d car is so serious...but d airbag is not comes out...but d owner was safe....so wat to say?

 

[BlackSamurai]

it is not fate, it give you additional layer to protect your life.
not saying that having airbag will make you bullet proof, but it reduce the chance of having serious chest damage (most of your important organs are under the chest) .

how many accident involves turtle turn? and most of the cases, turtle turn case won't hurt the chest.

 

[huakenny]

it is not fate, it give you additional layer to protect your life.
not saying that having airbag will make you bullet proof, but it reduce the chance of having serious chest damage (most of your important organs are under the chest) .

how many accident involves turtle turn? and most of the cases, turtle turn case won't hurt the chest.

yea..u r rite black samurai.....but i think one or two airbags r not enuf rite? if can malaysia cae should comes out with 8 airbags like merecedes benz or those european cars.....so it is more n more safety...no matter u get hit from side or where..it covers by airbag..am i rite?

 

[boggysv]

steering airbag only works if ur car is having front damaged collision....

dead or not is on fate...airbag juz helps a liitle bit only....

i saw a toyota hilux terbalik n d car is so serious...but d airbag is not comes out...but d owner was safe....so wat to say?

Airbags just help abit?
Tell me the same thing when you kiss the steering wheel at 80kmh.

 

[acbc]

Actually... it all depends. Myself involved in 2 major accidents last 5 years.

1. Car flew into the monsoon drain, no airbags, front major damage, cannot tow, need to use crane to lift car up.

2. Car flew on opposite lane and landed on 4 tires, tires punctured, rims cracked, undercarriage gone, drive shafts snapped, oil sump cracked and steering system snapped.

In both incidents, I walked out alive, no injuries or whatsoever... except for whiplash after 2-3 hours. Medical check revealed nothing.

So, huakenny is right in a way... depending on the car, airbags may or may not be necessary.

BTW, in both accidents, 2 different cars are involved. Mitsubishi Galant E55A (Eterna) and E33A. Both cars were not equipped with airbags.

 

[boggysv]

When you need an airbag, you will need one badly.

That's all that I can say.

 

[evo4g63]

it all depands to individual itself ... but i think no one like to kiss the steering

 

[prozac]

May the Gen.2 driver RIP. Rest assured, his death shall not be in vain as our awareness of the importance of airbags has increased.

We should have more "lessons" like this in ZTH.

 

[zan]

i will post similar impact case on a proton saga LMST (also same chassis design for Saga Orion, Magma, Megavalve, Iswara, Iswara LMSS).

damage is much worst..!! personally speaking, car manufacturers do not simply sell OEM accesories like ABS or airbag for nothing.

we all know BMW and Mercedez Benz cars are all designed with strong bodyshell structure in mind. Same goes to Volvo. Why do they bother to come up with such complicated airbags system?

to acbc, car lost control and flew over is not the same situation as hitting a stationary object such as the rear end of 18 wheel trailer at speed when u had locked all wheels upon hard emergency braking. imagine it happening to ourselves....frightening isnt it?

 

[huakenny]

i will post similar impact case on a proton saga LMST (also same chassis design for Saga Orion, Magma, Megavalve, Iswara, Iswara LMSS).

damage is much worst..!! personally speaking, car manufacturers do not simply sell OEM accesories like ABS or airbag for nothing.

we all know BMW and Mercedez Benz cars are all designed with strong bodyshell structure in mind. Same goes to Volvo. Why do they bother to come up with such complicated airbags system?

to acbc, car lost control and flew over is not the same situation as hitting a stationary object such as the rear end of 18 wheel trailer at speed when u had locked all wheels upon hard emergency braking. imagine it happening to ourselves....frightening isnt it?

in this caSE, if u hit the rear trailer of a lorry at high speed when ur brake is locked (no abs).....and u r driving local car....then may god bless u even ur car comes with 8 or more airbags....

 

[kher]

Actually... it all depends. Myself involved in 2 major accidents last 5 years.

1. Car flew into the monsoon drain, no airbags, front major damage, cannot tow, need to use crane to lift car up.

2. Car flew on opposite lane and landed on 4 tires, tires punctured, rims cracked, undercarriage gone, drive shafts snapped, oil sump cracked and steering system snapped.

In both incidents, I walked out alive, no injuries or whatsoever... except for whiplash after 2-3 hours. Medical check revealed nothing.

So, huakenny is right in a way... depending on the car, airbags may or may not be necessary.

BTW, in both accidents, 2 different cars are involved. Mitsubishi Galant E55A (Eterna) and E33A. Both cars were not equipped with airbags.

U were inside tanks during the accidents...That's y...:p

 

[kher]

I would say it's destined...

My uncle passed away in 2002 in Singapore when he crashed onto a coconut tree wif his brand new VOLVO....

Reason of death: Airbag was not deployed n his internal organs were all crushed when he hit the steering wheels... Major internal bleeding...

 

[huakenny]

let's talk bout proton savvy....do it equipped wit airbag? if u guys hv seen d advertisements....i think Proton is trying to tell us the Savvy is more tough than other car....coz they oledi tested......but i not sure....coz in my experience..proton dun hv tough car one...my 2 cents....no sabotaj...corect me if im wrong