[LMB] Airbags OT:

[Louann Miller]

Cheryl Howie wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:50:56 -0900 Peter Newman <pnewman at gci.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Why can't airbags have a weight sensor? The more the
>> person sitting in the seat weighs, than the faster and
>> harder they deploy? 
>>     
>
> My 2006 Mazda5 does have a weight sensor in the front
> passenger seat.  It's not as complex as what you describe,
> though; it just turns the airbag off if the passenger
> weighs less than a certain amount.  It gives the weight
> in my manual, I think, but I haven't got that handy to 
> check right now.
My husband's tiny little commuter car (Scion Za) also has this feature. 
I don't know what the weight limit is either.

Our household was using seat belts routinely way back in my childhood in 
the 1970's. Probably because my dad was an auto accident investigator 
for an insurance company in the 1960's.