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Originally Posted by twssas
I certainly was. Only explanation short of a malfunction, would be the angle of impact at the left front of the vehicle, then kind of an offset impact down the side wasn't enough to set off the side curtain.
The seat belts certainly cinched up. Wife is still commenting about that.
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IMO the air bags worked as they are supposed to. I would be very glad that they didn't go off and slam you sideways into your wife.
AFAIK It's the basic physics 'a mass in motion ties to stay in motion" issue. Where YOU are the mass. Air bags are meant to 'cushion' passengers from impacting their own vehicle. But they do so with quite a bit of force. IOW they aren't just fancy pillows/padding. Air bags only deploy when passenger's and the vehicle's velocity differ by quite a bit (e.g. frontal impact, side impact, etc.). If they went off on sideswipes like this one, they could do more damage than good.
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