Nope, not allowed in our car.A fairly minor accident could result in a broken pelvis or femur, dislocated hip, broken ankle or apparently head injuries if the knee is blown back into the passenger's face.
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on August 28, 2013, 08:57:40 pmNope, not allowed in our car.A fairly minor accident could result in a broken pelvis or femur, dislocated hip, broken ankle or apparently head injuries if the knee is blown back into the passenger's face.In the story I linked to....the airbag deployed and shot the foot through the windshield like a rocket. You can imagine the damage to a foot being forced through a car's windshield...
Depends how good the passenger's legs are! There are lots of things passengers can do while you're driving that are immensely dangerous...
A guy at work has a Volvo. The one time he asked me to check out his car, there were footprints all over the windshield in front of the passenger seat.I almost hurled.
I'm grateful my wife doesn't do this in the car. Those airbags have a lot of force in them. I recall reading an article waaay back from a professional driver who said that he drove cars equipped with an airbag at the 4 o'clock and 7 o'clock position so that if the airbag goes off, his arms are forced down to his lap and not up over this head. It sounds safer. I've always wondered if this is true and how this can be proved either way.
Quote from: phazotron on August 28, 2013, 09:44:37 pmI'm grateful my wife doesn't do this in the car. Those airbags have a lot of force in them. I recall reading an article waaay back from a professional driver who said that he drove cars equipped with an airbag at the 4 o'clock and 7 o'clock position so that if the airbag goes off, his arms are forced down to his lap and not up over this head. It sounds safer. I've always wondered if this is true and how this can be proved either way.They sure do!! When you see the airbag prank videos of 200lb guys getting launched 5 feet into the air....you know those airbags have power!
I try not to rest my head against the B pillar either because of the side airbags.