Toyota's New Rear Window Curtain Shield Airbag Ups the Safety Ante
10-01-08, 10:15 AM
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I still don't see it 
. Airbags inflate and deflate in fraction of a second so how is it going to miminize the head movement? Like frontal impacts, the airbag deploys in between your face and the steering wheel to absorb the impact. Why are these airbags placed behind the headrests instead of in between for rear impacts?
Care to explain more how these airbags will actually help in rear impacts?
From the drivers perspective, when hit from behind, all that crap in the car behind the driver will fly away from the driver at the moment of impact.
. Airbags inflate and deflate in fraction of a second so how is it going to miminize the head movement? Like frontal impacts, the airbag deploys in between your face and the steering wheel to absorb the impact. Why are these airbags placed behind the headrests instead of in between for rear impacts?Care to explain more how these airbags will actually help in rear impacts?
From the drivers perspective, when hit from behind, all that crap in the car behind the driver will fly away from the driver at the moment of impact.
10-01-08, 10:16 PM
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I still don't see it . Airbags inflate and deflate in fraction of a second so how is it going to miminize the head movement? Like frontal impacts, the airbag deploys in between your face and the steering wheel to absorb the impact. Why are these airbags placed behind the headrests instead of in between for rear impacts?
Care to explain more how these airbags will actually help in rear impacts?
. Airbags inflate and deflate in fraction of a second so how is it going to miminize the head movement? Like frontal impacts, the airbag deploys in between your face and the steering wheel to absorb the impact. Why are these airbags placed behind the headrests instead of in between for rear impacts?Care to explain more how these airbags will actually help in rear impacts?
Just looking at the design of the airbag itself it's only common sense that it's shape is designed to minimize head movement during a rear impact and more importantly to minimize head injury.
10-01-08, 10:55 PM
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Airbags inflate and deflate in fraction of a second so how is it going to miminize the head movement?
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10-02-08, 12:43 AM
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How do you know exactly how long the airbags will stay deployed? Fact is you don't. The rear airbags could very well stay inflated longer than other airbags. We don't know exactly how it works, nor have we seen any videos.
Just looking at the design of the airbag itself it's only common sense that it's shape is designed to minimize head movement during a rear impact and more importantly to minimize head injury.
Just looking at the design of the airbag itself it's only common sense that it's shape is designed to minimize head movement during a rear impact and more importantly to minimize head injury.
If you bang your head against the wall, you would want to place a pillow in between, not on the other side of the wall.
10-02-08, 05:15 PM
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the front, side, roof, curtain and knee airbags all have one thing in common. They are all placed in between your body parts and the hard object to absorb the impact of a crash.
If you bang your head against the wall, you would want to place a pillow in between, not on the other side of the wall.
If you bang your head against the wall, you would want to place a pillow in between, not on the other side of the wall.
This thing will go on all 7 seat vehicles I assume where passanger head is very close to back window.
I think we will see results as soon as some govt entity decides to crash test back crashes which has never happened so far...
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