Volvo auto braking demo goes wrong (video)
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From: ^Tems^ on 13 May 2010 21:20 Sorry if it has been posted before. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoL5NkIuIPU Interesting that not only the auto braking system didn't work but the airbags didn't go off. Story is the battery was flat before the demo and when they jumped it it friend the safety computer.
From: Clocky on 13 May 2010 22:38 ^Tems^ wrote: > Sorry if it has been posted before. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoL5NkIuIPU > > Interesting that not only the auto braking system didn't work but the > airbags didn't go off. It wasn't going fast enough for the bags to be deployed
From: George W Frost on 13 May 2010 23:21 "Clocky" <notgonn(a)happen.com> wrote in message news:4becb7b0$0$27794$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > ^Tems^ wrote: >> Sorry if it has been posted before. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoL5NkIuIPU >> >> Interesting that not only the auto braking system didn't work but the >> airbags didn't go off. > > It wasn't going fast enough for the bags to be deployed > The car was programmed to be going at 35 kph when it hit the truck, but it didn't work And if 35kph isn't fast enough to deploy the air bags, then it not worth the hype they make it out to be. Remembering that the majority of crashes in and around the suburban areas, occur when the cars are going at around 15 - 20 kph at impact. what good is a product which doesn't deploy at those speeds?
From: Clocky on 14 May 2010 00:01 George W Frost wrote: > "Clocky" <notgonn(a)happen.com> wrote in message > news:4becb7b0$0$27794$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> ^Tems^ wrote: >>> Sorry if it has been posted before. >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoL5NkIuIPU >>> >>> Interesting that not only the auto braking system didn't work but >>> the airbags didn't go off. >> >> It wasn't going fast enough for the bags to be deployed >> > > The car was programmed to be going at 35 kph when it hit the truck, > but it didn't work > And if 35kph isn't fast enough to deploy the air bags, then it not > worth the hype they make it out to be. > Remembering that the majority of crashes in and around the suburban > areas, occur when the cars are going at around 15 - 20 kph at impact. > what good is a product which doesn't deploy at those speeds? A sudden stop at 15-20km/h isn't going to be 1. deadly and 2. The airbag isn't going to be effective. They are calibrated to go off around 40km/h+ generally where chances of serious injury is likely, and the the decelleration speed and impact angle are generally taken into account also. (depends on the system and age of it)
From: Dan--- on 14 May 2010 00:05
"^Tems^" <stevebrooks13(a)live.com> wrote in message news:Nz1Hn.24629$pv.11769(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Sorry if it has been posted before. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoL5NkIuIPU > > Interesting that not only the auto braking system didn't work but the > airbags didn't go off. > > Story is the battery was flat before the demo and when they jumped it it > friend the safety computer. Oh well they make cars like that for non thinkers and when something goes wrong. :-) --- Regards Dan. |