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Good question. There is a bunch of information about it on the Internet, here's a post that seems somewhat informative: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/how-

Good question. There is a bunch of information about it on the Internet, here's a post that seems somewhat informative: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/how-pedestrian-airbags-work-45419.html https://www.autoevolution.com/news/how-pedestrian-airbags-wo... But note, they have moved on to trying to avoid striking pedestrians and/or reduce injury through reducing speed.

SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
Ah, so it looks to provide cushion for the hood. I had visions of the bumper exploding into a giant airbag ahead of the car. Seems like that's a better choice - moving to prevention rather than mitigation.