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Why didn't my friend's airbag inflate during a head-on collision?
A friend of mine had a head-on collision recently. He was travelling at under 30mph and his airbag failed to inflate. A policeman who arrived at the scene told him that they don’t inflate at the speed he was doing. Is that true?
Asked on 29 September 2012 by KK, Frith End, Hants
Answered by
Honest John
It's a trigger mechanism which depends on the forces it detects. Not all triggers always work.
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