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Would be pretty easy to integrate airbags into old cars. Measure minimum distance from seat back to steering wheel and then configure airbag based on that (pro
by throwaway0a5e 6y ago
Would be pretty easy to integrate airbags into old cars.
Measure minimum distance from seat back to steering wheel and then configure airbag based on that (probably remove jumpers or something to control detonation). Sensor locations are pretty standard and modern airbags and computers are fast enough that you don't need to use crumple zones as a hack to buy time for the bag to go off before the occupant starts moving toward the space the bag will be in.
- olyjohn 6y agoYeah but most older cars have steering wheels with no place for an airbag, and a slip-ring with 1 conductor for the horn. Maybe something from the 80s will have a 3 conductor slip ring for cruise control or something... that would be the hard part. Nobody who has an old car will want some ugly airbag tacked on somewhere. It has to be tightly integrated and be invisible or nobody would buy it.