GM’s Latest Airbag Tech Is A Step Ahead

[ducky5]

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How many airbags can car manufacturers stuff into their vehicles? Trick question! When it comes to my safety during rare automobile accident, the only correct answer is "whatever it takes to produce an impervious airbag marshmallow around my person."
This latest airbag design manages to fit some extra protection into the driver side seat itself by way of a bulbous tongue-looking thing that bursts out the side and up in the event of an accident.
The design is a specialize one, meant to protect heads during especially deadly "t-bone" collisions when the impact arrives on the side opposite the driver. These accidents account for about 11% of accident fatalities and, while rare like the rollover, are targeted by this airbag's tubular, driver seat-mounted design.
The airbag took about three years of research in the GM labs and should begin to appear in select SUV trucks in 2013. [[URL="http://media.gm.com/content/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2011/Sep/0929_airbag"]GM[/URL] via [URL="http://dvice.com/archives/2011/09/front-center-ai.php"]DVICE[/URL]]

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[URL]http://gizmodo.com/5845848/gms-latest-airbag-tech-is-a-step-ahead[/URL]

Some people like visuals, [video=youtube;-Xzz8MhM338]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xzz8MhM338&feature=player_embedded[/video]

[Eudoxia]

It looks like an alien baby bursting out of a seat.

Or a dragon dildo.

[XIII]

Almost reminds me of Quagmire's airbags...

[kaine123]

I wonder how long it will be until someone sues one of those cars for sexual harassment.

[ewitwins]

Could they at least change the color of the damned thing?

[Madman_Andre]

A giant pink vagoo...

Anyone else think that? :v:

[meppers]

i dont what a horse dick in my car

[Bombardier.]

When I look at that airbag, I see a sideways, pink Scream mask.

[Elecbullet]

[QUOTE=meppers;32597099]i dont what a horse dick in my car[/QUOTE]

Speak for yourself

[RoflKawpter]

When will they implement this? :v:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnyhkBU1yaw[/media]

[Second-gear-of-]

Airbags in my moms car were baby blue. And it smelled like bell peppers...

[Arnold]

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[Awesomecaek]

What if the crash slightly misaligns you or you already sit in some form of awkward position, and the airbag bursts out right into your ass? I don't want that thing to inflate in my ass.

[Itachi_Crow]

just about everyone in that video in the op looks to be a god awful driver

[fenwick]

[QUOTE=RoflKawpter;32597931]When will they implement this? :v:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnyhkBU1yaw[/media][/QUOTE]

I was absolutely just thinking this.