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[geoffr70]

Well I would actually, but said that to make a point!

I was at the training centre today doing an RTC refresher. As the Nissan factory is over the road, we had a nice shiny new Qashqai (spelt correctly?) to play with (some one had claimed an alloy already, and replaced with the spare!).

We rigged up one of those electronic control boxes explosives people use, and set the airbags off. Now even with the doors open the noise is loud to say the least. Not good for fragile hearing! The side one that comes from the top of the a and c pillars wasn't that bad, but you wouldn't want to be a front seat passenger! If it doesn't break your nose it might choke you with all the sodium azide smoke!

That's getting turned to scrap tomorrow, but for today we dissected an old Volvo S40! That was fun!

[Andy B]

Well I would actually, but said that to make a point!

I was at the training centre today doing an RTC refresher. As the Nissan factory is over the road, we had a nice shiny new Qashqai (spelt correctly?) to play with (some one had claimed an alloy already, and replaced with the spare!).

We rigged up one of those electronic control boxes explosives people use, and set the airbags off. Now even with the doors open the noise is loud to say the least. Not good for fragile hearing! The side one that comes from the top of the a and c pillars wasn't that bad, but you wouldn't want to be a front seat passenger! If it doesn't break your nose it might choke you with all the sodium azide smoke!

That's getting turned to scrap tomorrow, but for today we dissected an old Volvo S40! That was fun!

So, where's the mobile phone video?       

[geoffr70]

I couldn't take one as I was doing most of the cutting! And we were late as someone decided to post an LPG tank (with LPG still in!) through DHL which then started venting in their depot! Are people thick?

I'll see if i can get some shots tomorrow! It does seem a bit of a waste chopping up a brand new car! It looked very tidy, although a few knocks here and there

[zirax]

I can vouch for how much a passenger one hurts! I was involved in a 30mph ish smack as a passenger. Firstly the seat belt tensioners fired (which hurts like hell), then I got a face full of airbag and started choking on the fumes.

Not nice at all. Still, the car did its job and I'm here today

[geoffr70]

I can vouch for how much a passenger one hurts! I was involved in a 30mph ish smack as a passenger. Firstly the seat belt tensioners fired (which hurts like hell), then I got a face full of airbag and started choking on the fumes.

Not nice at all. Still, the car did its job and I'm here today

Yeah, and a car can be replaced

The passenger ones are mucg bigger for obvious reasons, so take more of a charge to inflate them. Apparently, the ones that come out of the top between the pillars inflate 4x faster than the front ones.

[2woody]

25% of all air bag deployments cause perforated ear drums

[Kevin Wood]

25% of all air bag deployments cause perforated ear drums

That's what becomes of driving these pesky enclosed cars .

<looks outside at the rain> Hmm. Maybe they're OK after all.

Kevin

[Andy B]

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<looks outside at the rain>  ......

at least it's not snowing like it is here   

[aaronjb]

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<looks outside at the rain>  ......

at least it's not snowing like it is here   

Who'd be daft enough to take a Westfield out in the snow, though.. 

*legs it*

[tidla]

how much for the alloy?

[2woody]

25% of all air bag deployments cause perforated ear drums

That's what becomes of driving these pesky enclosed cars .

<looks outside at the rain> Hmm. Maybe they're OK after all.

Kevin

that's what comes of driving modern cars with air-bags

[henryd]

most of the car's I have seen that have deployed the passenger airbag have taken the windscreen out as well