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Re: Exploding Airbags - Push Trucks

To: ardunbill@webtv.net
Subject: Re: Exploding Airbags - Push Trucks
From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:13:49 -0700
I believe that deployment is triggered by abnormal deceleration is a 
factor with the hit. If you hit the car that hard, your race car driver 
will likely cause you more concern than air bag.

Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC

ardunbill@webtv.net wrote:
> Hi Folks, somebody alluded to this possibility, that your airbag "might"
> deploy in your pickup if you nerf a racecar too hard with it!
> 
> Now this had not occurred to me, but it definitely opens new vistas.  I
> suppose it's finally a way to get the push truck driver not to hit the
> racecar too hard, when pushing it.  Just a word to the wise, is all that
> would be needed.  I put a couple layers of radiator hose on the uprights
> on #124's pushbar, to reduce the bump.  Didn't want to hurt that repro
> '32 frame.  
> 
> Anybody know if there is a universal standard for how much of a hit (say
> 5 mph, 10mph into a stone wall) it is supposed to take to deploy an
> airbag?  Ardun Bill

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