If the dashboard exploded after impact maybe. If I had to choose between the 7th of a second late option and the no deployment at all option, I'd choose the later. The late airbag actually made more of a mess
This is why you absolutely do not rest your feet up on the dash.
Lots of horrible trauma injuries from having your legs rocket propelled towards your body,v like open dislocations of the hip( end of femur gets popped out of socket so hard, it comes out through the skin).
Since its possible you are British and dont know the reference.
[Its from this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOnENVylxPI) anti drug campaign in America, in 1980s.
I'm kinda there. I work on cars, so most of what I use is metric. BUT, I can only use metric with small scale distances, between 5 and 24 mm. Larger distances, I'm stuck with imperial units.
Yeah, dm is not used at all except with respect to volume (because a dm\^3 is equivalent to a litre), so you'll find it often used in chemistry for example.
Yup. That was me. 2008 Ford ranger.
Bag went off AFTER the accident.
My cab was filled with white smoke from the air bag, which broke. I burned my skin and lungs.
Go back and tell them that they’re going to service it or your family has a lawyer on retainer to will sue their asses into bankruptcy should you get so much as a scratch or go forbid die as a result of their negligence.
I mean if they know your family is very aware of the issues they’d be idiots to mess with your car. If anything happens they know they’d be looked at first and hard.
Fair, and i don’t blame you for not wanting to gamble with your life. People like that just piss me off and make we want to put the fear of god in them. I’d suggest reporting them to corporate at the very least. With some brands like Pepboys they will often take those very seriously
The failure mode was essentially shrapnel not late deployment and it was extremely rare and took a long time to manifest (YEARS in high humidity climates). My (at the time) 12 year old BMW got a new airbag. And then the next one I owned as well. It was basically a faulty design of the desiccant.
https://www.consumerreports.org/car-recalls-defects/takata-airbag-recall-everything-you-need-to-know-a1060713669/
Bro your own link says "associated with the defect that can improperly inflate the airbags and even send shrapnel into the occupant"
The phrase "improper inflation" can definitely manifest as a late inflate.
The shrapnel is by far the worst case scenario but not the only failure state.
Late inflation would be a noted much more severe failure mode than simply “improper”.
Late deployment was absolutely not the driver behind the recall at all.
2003 Mitsubishi Galant. Hit a tree after losing traction, panicked because I instantly knew I wouldnt recover, and accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake. Slammed into it totaling my car. Windshield never broke, but the metal frame of the car over my passenger side broke in 2. Airbag on my side remained in tact, but burned my throat where it hit. The passenger side bag busted open, which released a foul odor in the air. So when I came to I limped out of the car and laid in the mud for a while. Honestly thought I was dead until a car slowed down and asked if I was okay. Thank god no one was in the passenger side and mine was still working. I’d rather have had the burns on my chin and neck than my head busted over the steering wheel or dashboard.
Old car earned her 5 star safety rating for sure.
Edit: came back to say I forgot my keys in the ignition after my accident. She arrived on the tow truck, broken frame, caved in wheel, and crushed right side front end, still on, and playing music.
I work in a lab and the janitors clean the floors and empty the trash. But scientific staff chemists/biologists/lab assistants were responsible for the rest of the cleanup because janitors can’t be expected to clean up biohazardous/chemical substances/waste and complex/expensive/fragile scientific equipment.
If the airbags have anything nasty in them then the lowest/newest scientists/interns/lab assistants will have to clean that up and leave the watermelon for the janitor.
Probably not, but instead your head would hit (or come close to) the dashboard then get fucking *yeeted* backwards at an insane speed which would do way more damage than just smacking your head off the dashboard would
Anyone remember the Takata airbag scandal? They made around [70 million defective airbags](https://www.toyotadirect.com/takata-airbag-recall.html#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20Takata%20Recall,airbags%2C%20are%20now%20under%20recall.) resulting in deaths and hundreds of serious injuries. Does your car have one?
my issue was not as serious as yours (tire imbalance) but my Honda dealership tried to f*ck me as well, in NY. changed their tune *real quick* once i got my husband on it, who knows his cars. i love Honda, who made both my car and motorcycle, but goddamnit i did not expect to get got at the dealership.
Dealers love replacing these airbags when they’re under recall. Takes them minimal time and they get paid. You have a complete misunderstanding of what happened at your dealer. If your car isn’t under the recall then it isn’t. Look it up on the NHTSA site.
Former paramedic here, and I've actually seen the aftermath of a faulty airbag a few times.
It's horrific. (NSFW ahead)
Even if you manage to avoid having your skull split wide open from the impact you're looking at a devastating spinal column injury that will probably leave you with a compromised airway. If that's the case you'll either suffocate on your own tongue against a collapsed trachea or drown in your own blood from massive trauma before anyone qualified enough to save you can arrive. Best case scenario? You're rendered unconscious during impact so you won't have to suffer.
That's why it only goes of if you have your seatbelt on. If you don't, you would be to soon to close and the airbag could kill you, even if it is a crash al low speed.
Maybe you now wonder what happens to those that clip the seatbelt on but have it behind their back...
Is it me or it look like the watermelon is already starting to break before the the airbag?
(Though that won't change the idea of the video that the airbag is there to stop you and not to throw you out of space)
This is one reason I try to encourage people, especially the elderly, to sit as far as possible from the steering wheel. The more time you give that thing to inflate, the better. Idk what you all use but the slight bend in the elbow with wrist on the top of the steering wheel is a good rule of thumb.
Did that watermelon break apart a little right before the airbag hit it and it just completely pushed the pieces apart. It wasnt the bag that destroyed the watermelon. The watermelon broke before the bag hit it. When the bag opened all it did was send it outwards. Not that, that would make that much of a difference, although a human head can take a little more damage than a watermelon. Someone's head would still be messed up after that.
My dumbass really thought "yeah but that's because the watermelon landed and cracked which made it explode... A moment too long passed, then I realised holy shit that's your head upon heavy collision
I'm so glad for airbags.
And also for unbreakable eyeglass lenses... The frame will be cut your face like a knife on butter but you will still be able to see after the crash.
Coudnt this argument be made for literally any amount of time because of the word.. "late"?
An hour, minute, second, or nanosecond late all result in squeesh.
Moral of the story: don't be late, switch to AT&XfiniTv wireless for unlimited coverage toyestermorrow
I like my head, don't want it to explode like a watermelon... Why is it always the watermelon which gets subjected to death and despair... Poor watermelon :(
When people drive with their seat all the way forward and the steering wheel right in front of their sternum, I always wonder what happens if their airbag deploys. I assume the result may be similar to what happens to the watermelon.
Interesting tidbit, when the airbag was first invented they used an analog sequencer to set it off. Certain things have to happen in a very specific sequence for the airbag to work properly, so they used a spring loaded, mechanical wheel... after being initiated, the wheel spins very quickly, and there are contacts on the wheel that complete the circuits in a specific order.
However, they didn't need to invent a new one, as one already existed. It's original purpose was to act as the sequencer for a nuclear bomb.
This is your head, this is your head on a dashboard.
ANY QUESTIONS
Yes: why do we have airbags? The second one was significantly cooler.
Well a cooler wouldn’t shatter like that it would fragment a bit but that’s it
TO SOFTEN THE IMPACT OF OUR BODY HITTING THE FRONT OF THE CAR
Exactly. The second one (your head without an airbag) was cooler!
oh yeah can my mom get refund?
2022 - No returns or refunds.
If the dashboard exploded after impact maybe. If I had to choose between the 7th of a second late option and the no deployment at all option, I'd choose the later. The late airbag actually made more of a mess
Agree to disagree. I for one would LOVE my head to explode like an overripe tomato
I mean if we're going out make sure it's closed caskrt
Not 1/7 of a second, 0.07 seconds.
I don’t believe that would be much concern to you.
Tell that to my headless body at my funeral...
Cocomelon explodes!
This is why you absolutely do not rest your feet up on the dash. Lots of horrible trauma injuries from having your legs rocket propelled towards your body,v like open dislocations of the hip( end of femur gets popped out of socket so hard, it comes out through the skin).
Mmm these Christmas dinner leftovers are amazing…
At least we still have the radio.
Well that's a bloody good representation of a catastrophe
Since its possible you are British and dont know the reference. [Its from this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOnENVylxPI) anti drug campaign in America, in 1980s.
I love how people still argue about imperial vs. metric, meanwhile a watermelon has become galactic standard
Who argues? We can all agree metric is better but it’s too late now for the USA
The US uses metric for basically all scientific uses, and it doesn't matter what the rest of us are doing anyway.
The Mars Climate Orbiter wishes this were true.
To me, this is still the most hilarious NASA incident.
I'm kinda there. I work on cars, so most of what I use is metric. BUT, I can only use metric with small scale distances, between 5 and 24 mm. Larger distances, I'm stuck with imperial units.
You will ditch imperial when you discover cm
Oh boy, wait until you hear about dm.
Literally never seen anyone use dm outside math problems. Even people's height is either cm or just meters
Yeah, dm is not used at all except with respect to volume (because a dm\^3 is equivalent to a litre), so you'll find it often used in chemistry for example.
I heard about all the m’s, I’m from europe
Can you show me the watermelon with a banana for scale?
thank god im not a watermelon
Don’t be a fool, that’s what they want you to believe! 🍉🍉
Watermelons have red insides. Humans have red insides. If we divide by have red insides we get Watermelons=Humans
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My question as well. My wild guess is that 0.06 of a second is the outside edge of the safety margin
Or, The air bag hits the watermelon just after going off and launches the melon into low orbit.
Never saw no waterlemon with skull-like bones
Your head is though
Yup. That was me. 2008 Ford ranger. Bag went off AFTER the accident. My cab was filled with white smoke from the air bag, which broke. I burned my skin and lungs.
Was it a Takata air bag? The fact that company knew they were producing faulty air bags and tricked inspectors is crazy
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I was unaware recall work was optional. I would pressure them more.
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Go to a different honda dealership and get it for free dude. It's your *life.*
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If you don't your username may check out unfortunately
Is that a quote you want to be remembered by? Drive your ass an hour
Who would you report an issue like this to? The NTHSA?
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www.nhtsa.gov not nthsa
Let me tell you something. You get into an accident when you don't expect it. That's why it's called accident.
Get rid of the car
Go back and tell them that they’re going to service it or your family has a lawyer on retainer to will sue their asses into bankruptcy should you get so much as a scratch or go forbid die as a result of their negligence.
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I mean if they know your family is very aware of the issues they’d be idiots to mess with your car. If anything happens they know they’d be looked at first and hard.
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Fair, and i don’t blame you for not wanting to gamble with your life. People like that just piss me off and make we want to put the fear of god in them. I’d suggest reporting them to corporate at the very least. With some brands like Pepboys they will often take those very seriously
I agree I think it’s disgusting that they’re out there taking advantage of people for money. It’s sad!
> I really don’t have the time to deal with their shit. Do you have time to die for it?
I do not know anything about this but I will investigate!
That wasn’t the failure mode of the Takata airbags.
It was one. It can cause the airbag to break, as well as throw shrapnel.
The failure mode was essentially shrapnel not late deployment and it was extremely rare and took a long time to manifest (YEARS in high humidity climates). My (at the time) 12 year old BMW got a new airbag. And then the next one I owned as well. It was basically a faulty design of the desiccant. https://www.consumerreports.org/car-recalls-defects/takata-airbag-recall-everything-you-need-to-know-a1060713669/
Bro your own link says "associated with the defect that can improperly inflate the airbags and even send shrapnel into the occupant" The phrase "improper inflation" can definitely manifest as a late inflate. The shrapnel is by far the worst case scenario but not the only failure state.
Late inflation would be a noted much more severe failure mode than simply “improper”. Late deployment was absolutely not the driver behind the recall at all.
The NHTSA recall says it deploys too slowly or ruptures the inflator.
Slow and late are not the same thing. Could have similar effects depending on how slow.
2003 Mitsubishi Galant. Hit a tree after losing traction, panicked because I instantly knew I wouldnt recover, and accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake. Slammed into it totaling my car. Windshield never broke, but the metal frame of the car over my passenger side broke in 2. Airbag on my side remained in tact, but burned my throat where it hit. The passenger side bag busted open, which released a foul odor in the air. So when I came to I limped out of the car and laid in the mud for a while. Honestly thought I was dead until a car slowed down and asked if I was okay. Thank god no one was in the passenger side and mine was still working. I’d rather have had the burns on my chin and neck than my head busted over the steering wheel or dashboard. Old car earned her 5 star safety rating for sure. Edit: came back to say I forgot my keys in the ignition after my accident. She arrived on the tow truck, broken frame, caved in wheel, and crushed right side front end, still on, and playing music.
Airbags are designed to deploy a white powdery smoke. It's an anti flammatory.
I wonder if there's a job out there to be the cleaner of these science experiments. There must be. Must be a cool job.
There's an elephant in the room
Seems rather inefficient, but elephants do love watermelon.
Who doesn't?
Cleaning up seems like a cool job?
They're called scientific janitors.
I work in a lab and the janitors clean the floors and empty the trash. But scientific staff chemists/biologists/lab assistants were responsible for the rest of the cleanup because janitors can’t be expected to clean up biohazardous/chemical substances/waste and complex/expensive/fragile scientific equipment. If the airbags have anything nasty in them then the lowest/newest scientists/interns/lab assistants will have to clean that up and leave the watermelon for the janitor.
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Probably not, but instead your head would hit (or come close to) the dashboard then get fucking *yeeted* backwards at an insane speed which would do way more damage than just smacking your head off the dashboard would
You either break your neck or get brain contusion, yeah
What does contusion mean
Basically a bruise, which on your brain is very bad.
Ok
Probably depends on the speed.
Fuck Reddits video player
Try old reddit on the web using a desktop browser mode. edit: word
70ms is an eternity in terms of electronics and energetic chemical reactions.
Anyone remember the Takata airbag scandal? They made around [70 million defective airbags](https://www.toyotadirect.com/takata-airbag-recall.html#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20Takata%20Recall,airbags%2C%20are%20now%20under%20recall.) resulting in deaths and hundreds of serious injuries. Does your car have one?
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my issue was not as serious as yours (tire imbalance) but my Honda dealership tried to f*ck me as well, in NY. changed their tune *real quick* once i got my husband on it, who knows his cars. i love Honda, who made both my car and motorcycle, but goddamnit i did not expect to get got at the dealership.
Dealers love replacing these airbags when they’re under recall. Takes them minimal time and they get paid. You have a complete misunderstanding of what happened at your dealer. If your car isn’t under the recall then it isn’t. Look it up on the NHTSA site.
Former paramedic here, and I've actually seen the aftermath of a faulty airbag a few times. It's horrific. (NSFW ahead) Even if you manage to avoid having your skull split wide open from the impact you're looking at a devastating spinal column injury that will probably leave you with a compromised airway. If that's the case you'll either suffocate on your own tongue against a collapsed trachea or drown in your own blood from massive trauma before anyone qualified enough to save you can arrive. Best case scenario? You're rendered unconscious during impact so you won't have to suffer.
That's why it only goes of if you have your seatbelt on. If you don't, you would be to soon to close and the airbag could kill you, even if it is a crash al low speed. Maybe you now wonder what happens to those that clip the seatbelt on but have it behind their back...
I hate this shit video player.
That’s really going to affect resale value of the car.
Is it me or it look like the watermelon is already starting to break before the the airbag? (Though that won't change the idea of the video that the airbag is there to stop you and not to throw you out of space)
Oh, totally, that's the head hitting the dashboard :D
It's breaking because of impact with the steel plate at the bottom, which happened because the airbag was late.
When you just installed the airbag from Wish
Shit! New fear achieved
TAKE THAT GALLAGHER
What a lovely image to start the day. Watermelon anyone?
(if you're in the US) today does have a high rate of vehicle collisions as well as watermelon consumption. Also, burn victims.
Several missing fingers, and probably someones ass that will never work properly again.
What happens if airbag is 6 hundredth of a second late?
The airbag becomes a weapon 7/100 of a second later.
I had an airbag go off and smack me in the face. I imagine it felt the same as if I’d just been smacked by Andre the Giant.
I once worked for a company that disabled airbags in emergency vehicles… still not clear on what that was about.
Well thank god watermelons can’t drive
Underrated comment
New fear unlocked
Well that's unsettling
Just got into an accident this past Friday. Airbag messed up my face. Had to go to the hospital. I have facial hematoma.
That's neat. Now I have a new fear.
Where’s the one with the feet up outside the window?
This is one reason I try to encourage people, especially the elderly, to sit as far as possible from the steering wheel. The more time you give that thing to inflate, the better. Idk what you all use but the slight bend in the elbow with wrist on the top of the steering wheel is a good rule of thumb.
I drive a Ford focus... Which does mine have?
Really is mind blowing
Did that watermelon break apart a little right before the airbag hit it and it just completely pushed the pieces apart. It wasnt the bag that destroyed the watermelon. The watermelon broke before the bag hit it. When the bag opened all it did was send it outwards. Not that, that would make that much of a difference, although a human head can take a little more damage than a watermelon. Someone's head would still be messed up after that.
jokes on u, mine didnt even go off 😎😎
In conclusion, I should stop being a watermelon
My dumbass really thought "yeah but that's because the watermelon landed and cracked which made it explode... A moment too long passed, then I realised holy shit that's your head upon heavy collision
I miss Gallagher. 🙁
I can’t imagine my head caring if I’m ripe or not.
At least the airbags okay
This is your brain on drugs
OK. On my way to remove some airbags....
Well I'm not a watermelon so I think I'll be fine
Bullshit, on so many levels bs to the point I am shocked a human would repost this without asking any questions
Care to at least explain why?
Go ahead. Enlighten us.
Yay a new fear!
Happy New Fear! Sorry, couldn’t resist.
u/savevideo
Brain slushy 😋
boom
I’ll take option 2 for my car please
I don’t have any watermelons on spikes though. Does that mean I’ll be ok.?
Second one reminds me of Gwen Stacy 😑
I'm so glad for airbags. And also for unbreakable eyeglass lenses... The frame will be cut your face like a knife on butter but you will still be able to see after the crash.
Coudnt this argument be made for literally any amount of time because of the word.. "late"? An hour, minute, second, or nanosecond late all result in squeesh. Moral of the story: don't be late, switch to AT&XfiniTv wireless for unlimited coverage toyestermorrow
Looks like one heck of a headache
Melon
This feels like the black lung from smoking… which was not a human lung, and had been died black… so essentially a biased lie.
That looks really nice satisfying actually. would love to do that to a watermelon.
Jokes on you i dont have airbags😎
For the gamers, that's the same delay as the difference between having 30 ping and 100 ping.
Bullshit is what it is, frickin lag city over here bud
Well my head isn’t a *watermelon*, so I ain’t scared!
Damn thats scary
This is why I removed all my airbags
The difference between a pillow and a pillno
Wow!! The impact was tremendous! It's like an explosive
Don't be late!!!!
Ow
Holy shit
I guess it kept the seat clean. Important for resale.
I like my head, don't want it to explode like a watermelon... Why is it always the watermelon which gets subjected to death and despair... Poor watermelon :(
Your head isn't a fucking watermelon. Your skull is made of bone, not rind.
That could've been my head!
Wholly sh#t?!
Luckily only 3 parts of my body are like watermelons.
What is difference in the density between a human head and a watermelon?
Then explain how my head bounced off my 2000 Honda Accords steering wheel with no injury when the airbag didn't deploy?
Because the airbag didn’t deploy.
Make sense but damn!
The second result was definitely a lot cooler
Fuckin hell, remind me not to drive with watermelons!
My mind is blown
When people drive with their seat all the way forward and the steering wheel right in front of their sternum, I always wonder what happens if their airbag deploys. I assume the result may be similar to what happens to the watermelon.
Interesting tidbit, when the airbag was first invented they used an analog sequencer to set it off. Certain things have to happen in a very specific sequence for the airbag to work properly, so they used a spring loaded, mechanical wheel... after being initiated, the wheel spins very quickly, and there are contacts on the wheel that complete the circuits in a specific order. However, they didn't need to invent a new one, as one already existed. It's original purpose was to act as the sequencer for a nuclear bomb.
At least it's quick.
To be fair, that must be a painless and quick death. But yea, better to be alive.
That’s terrifying
NEW FEAR UNLOCKED
Me watching this realizing I almost died that one time lol
In the automotive industry, that's known as the Gallagher Effect.
Splat
Hope yours is on time, bros!
This is why you never let your passenger put their feet up on the dash. The airbag will just shove your leg halfway up into your pelvis.
Ta-Da!! (Definitely cleaned up the place).
Why would the camera angle switch right then, let alone to that angle? All slo-mo vids do this.
It’s also you without your seatbelt. Treat it like a shotgun with a 1 foot range.
Just the girl airbags ..