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

[JenL]

I think the best they've got so far is one that factors in both the weight
in the seat and how far forward or back the seat is, so that the bag can be
inflated less if the person is closer than safety limits . . . .   Of
course, it's only in higher-end, newer cars . . . .

On Nov 11, 2007 4:13 PM, <CatMtn at aol.com> wrote:

>
> 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.
>
>
>
> ==============
>
> 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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