Car with an Airbag for Pedestrians - Neatorama

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It's not yet safe to play real life Grand Theft Auto, but Volvo's V40 comes with a feature that may reduce pedestrian fatalities during accidents. When a pedestrian impacts the front, an airbag deploys out of hood to partially shield that person from the rest of the car. Do you think that it will work?

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There actually exists black and white footage of inventions that incorporated spring-loaded nets and scoops on the fronts of early vehicles. My Google fu is failing me at the moment, though.

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I think it would make more sense to have some kind of net spring up so it would cover more area and not obstruct the drivers view as much....

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My 4 year old Jaguar XF has this - hardly new.....

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Why do they think this is necessary. How many Volvo drivers run down pedestrians for them to think this will be a good feature.

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So, how many sodium azide bags per vehicle does that make now? (You didn't really think they were inflated with air, did you?) And now we get a thousand dollar repair bill if somebody's garbage can blows out into the street in front of us. NO THANKS!

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Nobody is talking about the most obvious flaw!

The driver is instantly blinded by most of the airbag.

That's a fail, mark it 0 dude.

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The new volvo's brakefull auto is there is a person on a crosswalk

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The pedestrian has already lost his knees and hips. When he sails over the car he will land on his head. All this does is protect the windshield. The airbag will cost more to replace than the windshield.

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Looks good, but it works on the assumption that the driver is going to stop. What if the driver wants to carry on?

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Looks like just another expensive item that has to be replaced in a crash.

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Wonder how well it would work with deer.

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