[LMB] Airbags OT: was Dark Beta is slipping under the radar

[CatMtn at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/11/2007 1:55:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
pnewman at gci.net writes:

>Why  can't airbags have a weight sensor? The more the
>person sitting in the  seat weighs, than the faster and
harder they deploy? This would make them  safer for heavy
and light people. You could probably even have use  radar
or sonar so the airbag would know the exact size and
location of  the person in the seat. The data goes to
the airbags software (of course  airbags with software
would cost more) and the bag then knows how to best  deploy.
There would probably be a time lag involved, since you  don't
want the bag to stop and think about where you are for
even a  hundredth of a second before deploying, so it should
>probably always be  calculating this and then automatically
>deploy with its last calculated  figure.



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That sounds like a good idea to me--the passenger seat of my car already  has 
a weight sensor to indicate when someone is sitting there and should fasten  
their seat belt.  Of course, I mostly use it as an indicator that I need to  
clean out my purse. <g>
 
Mary



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