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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