[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Rationale: Top curtains versus airbags Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by CrNiFe [Email] (#408) [Profile/Gallery] (more from CrNiFe) on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:12:25 In Reply to: 9-5 Absence of Air curtain for 2006, davidgmills, Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:22:07 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Remember that airbags deploys in less than a tenth of a second, and then begin deflating - so they are limited in the way that they can protect an occupant in a rollover collision, in which the forces and accelerations are changing drastically over five to six seconds.

The public often thinks that the front and side air bags should deploy when you rollover, but they don`t because the forces and accelerations detected by the air bag module sensors are either not beyond the threshold, or they are in the wrong direction to be detected.

I don`t know if the SAAB side air bags are designed to deflate more slowly than the front ones. They could be a hybrid, that would allow for some head protection against heads bumping against the window, A-pillar and B-pillars. Side air bags are supposed to help against massive intrusion into the doors by another vehicle.

SUV`s need roofline air curtains - because people drive them too fast, and they rollover, all the time. Recent stats from NHTSA show that on the order of 25% of fatalities are now from rollover type collisions.

Like they say, it`s not the fall, it`s the slowing down that kills you.

I will be interested in the information that comes out on this thread.

CrNiFe
Vehicle Collision Reconstruction Engineer
Toronto
99MY 9-5SW, 2.3lpt 106000km
05MY 9-5 SW Arc, 2.3T, 11500km

• 9-5 Absence of Air curtain for 2006, davidgmills, Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:22:07
  • A picture worth of a thousand words..., dmz, Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:28:01
    • Why is there a button on passangers door?, SaabSpeed, Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:06:37
      • I would hazard a guess., AdamB , Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:02:47
        • it looks like the trunk symbol, Aero'ed, Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:21:27
          • Re: it looks like the trunk symbol, TML , Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:49:49
  • Rationale: Top curtains versus airbags, CrNiFe , Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:12:25 <-- Viewing This Message
  • I think you are right, Harry 2, Sun, 20 Nov 2005 09:30:13
    • Nope, AdamB , Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:33:26
      • Adam is correct...., Harry 2, Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:01:52
  • It has front head and thorax air bags..., Caarma , Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:56:35
    • Re: It has front head and thorax air bags..., davidgmills, Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:44:27
      • After Reading This, Ian Glenday , Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:56:22
      • Re: It has front head and thorax air bags..., 2 9-5's, Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:33:26
      • See this link if you won't take my word for it., AdamB , Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:31:06
      • You are not correct., AdamB , Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:30:23

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