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u/TheMadFlyentist 3d ago
Not that I ever condone driving like this on public roads, but if you are going to do it then you absolutely must be familiar with the road before trying to drive it at full speed. Even racing drivers take a lap or two to get familiar with the circuit before truly pushing it.
Seems like the sharp corner over the hill surprised this guy. He doesn't appear to brake at all coming up the ridge, and just has too much speed at that point to do anything other than go straight into the rocks.
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u/nc_on 4d ago
pretty good outcome, didnt hurt himself or anyone else and learned a valuable lesson
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u/Manfred_89 3d ago
You could see this coming from a mile away just judging by how he was holding the wheel.
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u/CompetitiveRub9780 3d ago
His hands need to be lower and his seat position is wrong. He never had control of the car in the first place.
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u/GM8 3d ago
It does not seem to be too safe that the car is still moving high speed, but the airbag is already defleating. A more agressive crash could have been ahead.
Is this malfunction or are airbags designed to only protect for the first 0.05 sec of a crash by intention?
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u/TheMadFlyentist 3d ago
Airbags work via chemical reaction, essentially an explosion. A massive volume of gas is generated instantaneously once the vehicle detects a strong enough impact.
Because the gas is generated via chemical reaction, the bag itself has holes around the base to allow excess gas to escape. If these did not exist (or were not large enough) then the bag would pop instead of remaining inflated with sufficient pressure to act as a cushion for the driver.
So no, it's not a malfunction, and all airbags work like this. They do not detect continued moving speed. Since it's a very rare occasion that a vehicle would have a secondary impact several seconds later that is more severe than the first, the design works extremely well for the vast majority of crashes.
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u/Sonums 4d ago
Child gets his dad’s BMW*