Volvo's new Pedestrian Airbag
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6. mihai26589 commented 8 years ago
People are soft and cars are hard... Thank you Captain Obvious.


7. herrkaleun commented 8 years ago
Anyway, good technology.


9. MakeTnotWar commented 8 years ago
This won't help children or smaler persons. Seems more like a system to prevent the engine and the windscreen from damage.


11. sartre commented 8 years ago
Cars are much much safer nowadays than they used to be, and even pedestrians are safer in impacts as a result of good design and engineering. Anything that improves safety further is a good thing - it could be any one of us, or our families, whose lives are saved by this new development.


12. loadrunner commented 8 years ago
What if a fat duck hits the windshield. Does it deploy too, to cause very bad damage? instead of a cracked window only.


13. Natan_el_Tigre commented 8 years ago
Glad to see Volvo doing some market research; old people have much slower reaction times than do young people. 



14. Gringo_el_Diablo commented 8 years ago
"people are hard and cars are soft..." The More You Know!



15. ringmaster commented 8 years ago
#1, only that people who should have licence are trained to hit the brakes. Great invention. At the very least, great intentions.


17. captain_obvious commented 8 years ago
@6 your welcome


18. dickheadred commented 8 years ago
What a total piece of crap technology. It probably adds a couple of grand to the car price and it looks like any front end collision would set it off.
Repair shop .. "we replaced your driver's side and passenger side airbags and installed new sensors plus the pedestrian airbag and sensors and of course the physical body damage. Your cost of repair is $14,738.22"
Why not a sensor to detect anyone within 10 foot of the car front that screams out a warning "JUMP NOW IDIOT"
Repair shop .. "we replaced your driver's side and passenger side airbags and installed new sensors plus the pedestrian airbag and sensors and of course the physical body damage. Your cost of repair is $14,738.22"
Why not a sensor to detect anyone within 10 foot of the car front that screams out a warning "JUMP NOW IDIOT"


19. yooperboogs commented 8 years ago
So now every time I hit a deer I'm going to have more damage because of a stupid airbag going on to save the damn deer? WTF I'm sticking with my truck as long as no fluids are leaking I keep going.


20. WildMonkey commented 8 years ago
I don't know, all the videos I've seen of people getting hit by cars they either bounce away from the car or fly over it.


23. ImprsdBySmartVid commented 8 years ago
#10: They are bad drivers, for sure, but they are also foolish pedestrians too. I have been very close to hit a drunken young man, a night in town. I was not driving too fast but he appeared, coming from a narrow street and stop at the very last millisecond. Would he had continued to walk across my way, I might have hurt him, or worse... We nearly never hit wild animals here, but accidents against other humans are very frequent.
Should we define a license to be a pedestrian, too?
Even this Volvo system isn't perfect, it will save lives, it's a good thing.
Should we define a license to be a pedestrian, too?
Even this Volvo system isn't perfect, it will save lives, it's a good thing.


24. Threeme2189 commented 8 years ago
You will still probably get hit hard in the legs, but your head and torso will be more protected because of this system.
I still think traffic lights and crosswalks can be much more affective if people obeyed traffic laws and didn't text while driving.
Even better, implement a system that bashes drivers in the nuts if they hit a pedestrian. Darwinian laws at their finest
I still think traffic lights and crosswalks can be much more affective if people obeyed traffic laws and didn't text while driving.
Even better, implement a system that bashes drivers in the nuts if they hit a pedestrian. Darwinian laws at their finest



25. Analizethat commented 8 years ago
#9 Its about reducing a pedestrians chance to be killed in higher speeds and that includes everyone. You Orangoutang.


27. Judge-Jake commented 2 years ago
#26 I hope they decided it was a fecking stupid idea and dumped it. 
I've always thought that rather than putting the onus on the car what would be better would be that all the pedestrians wore Mr Blobby costumes https://youtu.be/d1pJ4dluj0U Imagine if old people dressed like this all the time, there would be no more broken hips.

I've always thought that rather than putting the onus on the car what would be better would be that all the pedestrians wore Mr Blobby costumes https://youtu.be/d1pJ4dluj0U Imagine if old people dressed like this all the time, there would be no more broken hips.

+34 1. ankara commented 8 years ago