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Re:Head-On Crash: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. 1959 Bel Air (2009) by wwweston on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @10:00PM (#32846113)
Yeah, I'm having second thoughts about my 91 sedan with no airbag...
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Re:Head-On Crash: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. 1959 Bel Air (2009) by orangepurple on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @10:06PM (#32846150)
The lack of airbag is OK because you'll be decapitated by the steering column pushing the steering wheel through your neck (1:45 in linked video):

1998 Toyota Corolla vs 2015 Toyota Corolla (Auris):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xidhx_f-ouU

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Re:Head-On Crash: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. 1959 Bel Air (2009) by kube-system on Thursday September 15, 2022 @01:15AM (#32847332)
It’s not the airbag that keeps the steering column from going into your neck, it’s the collapsible steering column.
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Re:Head-On Crash: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. 1959 Bel Air (2009) by Sebb767 on Thursday September 15, 2022 @09:17AM (#32851455)
I think the implied point was that the steering column will kill you anyway, so the lack of an airbag is not a problem.
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Re:Head-On Crash: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. 1959 Bel Air (2009) by aidenn0 on Thursday September 15, 2022 @12:07AM (#32846908)
The recent article about ejection seat failures makes me wonder about airbags
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Re:Head-On Crash: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. 1959 Bel Air (2009) by smileysteve on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @11:17PM (#32846548)
airbag is overrated as long as you wear a seatbelt. if it had had an airbag, it's likely to kill you either with phosphorus (early 90s) or metal shrapnel (late 90s to current)
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Re:Head-On Crash: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. 1959 Bel Air (2009) by speedgoose on Thursday September 15, 2022 @01:00AM (#32847243)
We haven’t watch the same crash test videos.
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