Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Urgent Takata Airbag Recall - Ferrari.com

[Dominic Carri (zigzagzoot]

My GMC Canyon (2007) owners manual states the airbags will not deploy unless wearing a seatbelt.  I believe this is pretty much how it is.

Zooty 308

On Jun 25, 2018, at 12:24 AM, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

I was under the impression airbags do more than just be a fail-safe, but to provide additional bracing for the passengers in an impact.

 

Pre-airbag era accidents weren’t all that pretty. People flail around in a car really good during the heaviest impacts. True, they do survive (with injuries) when they’re buckled up. When there were no seatbelts, you’d just shoot out the windshield (my Dad once saw the results of that when he passed by an accident scene in the ‘60s... He never forgot and could never unsee body parts all over the road).

 

As a matter of fact, there was one time when I was a really little kid (probably 4 or 5 years old), I was sitting on my Mom’s lap, in the middle of the back seat as the car was loaded with family members, going to some function or another. My Dad had to jam on the brakes to avoid something and in an instant, there I was in the front row, forehead firmly planted on the top edge of the dashboard...

 

Never been the same since.

 

And ever since, I’ve always buckled up.

 

Peter

 

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From: Clarence Romero Jr. <clyderomerof4 [at] gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2018 4:12:59 AM
To: Peter Rychel
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Urgent Takata Airbag Recall - Ferrari.com

 

Here is the deal with the airbag 

If you wear a seat belt 

Who cares?

The belt would have to fail before you hit the steering wheel 

It’s for the dumb ass that doesn’t wear one

     RF4-4EVR

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