MVA -- HG Truman & Cove Point Rd

[Niknak0320]

still getting bits and pieces of details...she says she was wearing her seatbelt - says she always does. In any event the vehicle airbags never even deployed. Maybe there was also a mechanical problem with the seatbelt?

 

[Macluvr]

still getting bits and pieces of details...she says she was wearing her seatbelt - says she always does. In any event the vehicle airbags never even deployed. Maybe there was also a mechanical problem with the seatbelt?

Husband says the airbags most likely didn't deploy because it was not a direct head on impact. It has to be hit in the front for the air bags to deploy. The seatbelt theory is a distinct possibility as the seatbelt did not hold my cousin in her vehicle when she rolled it years ago on her Dodge. She also rolled multiple times.

 

[LadyCoyote]

How awful...I hope everyone involved has a swift recovery. They are lucky to be alive.

 

[G1G4]

Husband says the airbags most likely didn't deploy because it was not a direct head on impact. It has to be hit in the front for the air bags to deploy. The seatbelt theory is a distinct possibility as the seatbelt did not hold my cousin in her vehicle when she rolled it years ago on her Dodge. She also rolled multiple times.

Frontal airbags aren't designed to deploy in rollovers. Some rollovers cause deceleration that causes you to move forward inside your vehicle. In other words, when deceleration occurs from front-to-back, your frontal airbag isn't helping you -- so it will not deploy. If you get hit from behind, your deceleration gets reversed to back-to-front, jarring your head forward. The airbag will deploy, preventing you from hitting your head on the steering wheel or dashboard. The same goes for side impact.

 

[Macluvr]

Frontal airbags aren't designed to deploy in rollovers. Some rollovers cause deceleration that causes you to move forward inside your vehicle. In other words, when deceleration occurs from front-to-back, your frontal airbag isn't helping you -- so it will not deploy. If you get hit from behind, your deceleration gets reversed to back-to-front, jarring your head forward. The airbag will deploy, preventing you from hitting your head on the steering wheel or dashboard. The same goes for side impact.

He was just observing that since they got hit from the drivers side that the bags would not have deployed. I don't know how accurate that is, but that's what he thinks.