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Unfortunately you're being down voted, but the reality is there are crumple zones built into some hoods (bonnets) that help protect the pedestrian from immediat
by reneherse 4y ago
Unfortunately you're being down voted, but the reality is there are crumple zones built into some hoods (bonnets) that help protect the pedestrian from immediately impacting the solid parts of the engine. So the concept isn't completely unexplored.
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- namdnay 4y ago+ explosive charges that will deform the hood to better catch a pedestrian. I’ve seen one go off when somebody drove into a bollard
- distortedsignal 4y agoCould you point me to the car manufacturer that puts explosive charges in their cars? Asking for a friend... who is myself.
- adhesive_wombat 4y agoAirbags and seatbelt pre-tensioners have "explosives" in them (they convert very rapidly into gas, but I'm not sure all of them always meet the usual standards of explosives). The defective Tanaka airbags used ammonium nitrate, of Oklahoma City Bombing and Beirut port fame.
- tomashubelbauer 4y agoDon't all airbags deploy using electronically set-off explosives?
- splitbrain 4y agoAll of them. It's called an airbag.
- jacquesm 4y agoSeatbelt tensioners too.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoThis is how airbags work as well, so everyone.
- rkangel 4y agoThe Mazda MX-5 bonnet system: https://owners-manual.mazda.com/gen/en/mx-5/mx-5_8fl9ee16j/contents/03060100.html https://owners-manual.mazda.com/gen/en/mx-5/mx-5_8fl9ee16j/c... They wanted to keep the profile of the car low which didn't allow for the space normally needed, so they provide it 'on demand' in case of impact. Unfortunately for a friend of mine who is an owner, that turned a fairly minor collision with an object into a several thousand pound repair as the system shears the bonnet mounts and deforms the bonnet.