my seats are very low[:D]
The airbag theory sounds good, trouble is a car needs a complete re-design to incorporate one. My Land Rover Defender is a good example, it's too stiff to have them, as i believe is the TR7. I think the rate of which a car crumples has a lot to do with the time it takes for an airbag to inflate. The landy, should it hit a concrete wall would put a lot of force on the body almost instantly therefore giving an airbag no time to inflate and do its job properly. A modern car would decelerate a lot more slowly due to its crumple zones thus giving the the airbag a chance to fully inflate and do its job. Were Airbags around in mass production form that long ago? i think they only became standard in this country around 1995. I had a head on colision with an audi 100 whilst driving a nissan micra. a few years back i would of said the micra driver would of come off worst. After kicking the door open i walked away winded and with a few bruises. the Audi driver had a broken wrist and was knocked out.
