Why are people so stupid?

"450X_FTW" (mistermic)
03/10/2016 at 08:15 • Filed to: None

Seriously, do people not know how much force airbags open with? Only logical reasoning could be they have Takata airbags and they’re protecting themselves from the potential shrapnel

DISCUSSION (36)

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 08:26

Nope.

Most people only see airbags in movies, where it just looks like a big balloon they rest on

jimz > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 08:26

no they don’t. they think airbags are these big fluffy pillows which emerge from nothingness. I used to work at a test lab, and we did airbag deployment testing complete with the high-speed cameras. It was mesmerizing to watch videos of the seat-integrated airbags just basically blow the side of the seat apart.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/08/get-fe…

and I don’t know why, but it almost always seems to be women who put their feet up on the dash.

450X_FTW > jimz
03/10/2016 at 08:29

Almost 15 years ago in high school our shop teacher showed us how much force they open with by placing a wheel and tire on an airbag in the parking lot and setting it off with a car battery. Launched the wheel about 50 feet in the air.

Ash78, voting early and often > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 08:31

Road trips are hard work! I think the odds of airbag opening are slim, but who wants to be folded in half by one? The only thing worse — airbags or not — are the stupid coonts who rest a foot on the outside mirror. Even a minor accident and that A pillar is going to split you open.

zeontestpilot > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 08:33

It’s best not to ask questions where you won’t like the answers.

Source: Life

Wacko > jimz
03/10/2016 at 08:33

when i started with my wife, she would do that on the dash of mx SX4. So what it did was stop on the side of the road. when she asked why i stopped. i explained what would happen if we get into an accident.

think she only tried once again, i just said your feet, and never again...

450X_FTW > Ash78, voting early and often
03/10/2016 at 08:34

I always think about Mythbusters doing their airbag test where people drive with both hands on the center of the steering wheel. The airbag sheered both thumbs off on their test dummy.

450X_FTW > zeontestpilot
03/10/2016 at 08:35

Imagine how stupid the average person is. Now realize that half the people on this planet are dumber than them

- George Carlin

Ash78, voting early and often > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 08:36

My dad’s friend wrecked his E39 several years ago, mid-turn, while steering hand-over-hand. His wristwatch left an imprint on his forehead. Since then, he's been the biggest advocate of "shuffle steering" that I know.

jimz > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 08:36

the seat and side curtain bags do an impressive amount of destruction. watching them deploy on high speed video, you get to see a lot of things you miss just by watching them in person. shit just goes flying everywhere.

zeontestpilot > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 08:41

I seriously try not to think of it, it’s too sad and irritating. The other day I saw a woman driving a white Acura, right hand with a cell to her ear, left hand plucking her eyebrows, she was looking at the mirror in her visor, and she was driving in the passing lane.

It’s best to just spread awareness to friends and family, but if they want to make poor decisions, there’s nothing you can do to stop them. -_-

scoob > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 08:41

WWYR: Takata shrapnel in the face or up the ass while simultaneously being folded in half?

Stapleface > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 08:43

Yes, people don’t realize (or care). They’ll just sue the automaker when they get maimed. You know, maybe it’s because I’m just too tall (6'1), but I don't understand how people can even get their feet up there. I've tried before in a parked vehicle while I was waiting for someone in the passenger seat. I can't physically bend my legs enough to the them on the dash or out the window.

-this space for rent- > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 08:45

Did you get to hold his beer?

 > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 08:54

There are dumbasses on youtube that film themselves sitting on an airbag as they deploy it. Need I say more?

jimz > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 08:57

I don’t like it when people say that; the speaker presumes they’re on the “Good” side of the bell curve.

ttyymmnn > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 08:58

Comin’ at ya at 200 mph, yo.

.25 seconds to deploy, yo.

I’m not an automotive engineer, but I did take a seatbelt defensive driving course last month.

TheRealBicycleBuck > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 09:02

Preach it.

Nice pic to hide the gruesome one.

Kinja'd!!!

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/02/a-day-…

http://driving.ca/pontiac/sunfir…

Kinja'd!!!

450X_FTW > jimz
03/10/2016 at 09:06

Well I don’t put my feet on the airbag, so I got that going for me.

450X_FTW > scoob
03/10/2016 at 09:08

As long as it’s a quick death, I’m good either way

450X_FTW > zeontestpilot
03/10/2016 at 09:08

This is why I wear a gopro when I ride my motorcycle and speed past people. It’s not that I want to speed or break the law, it’s because I don’t want to be near people like that

zeontestpilot > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 09:13

I sped up after I saw her. Wasn’t going to be around if something went down.

Rico > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 09:22

Any person with their feet or sneakers on the dashboard of a car deserve it. I spazzed out on my friend because he crossed his left leg over his right in my car and left a foot print on the middle of my door card, made him wipe it off too.

450X_FTW > Rico
03/10/2016 at 09:25

With a passion, I HATE the person who puts the foot print on the dash and does not wipe it off

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 09:26

My stepmom would have a fit when she saw anyone with their feet on the dash because she thought it looked “uncouth.”

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 09:27

I think Carlin is talking about the MEDIAN stupid person on earth, not the average, or mean.

Jcarr > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 09:28

There’s a link in this post I made a while back that shows what the results can look like. Click if you dare. Spoiler alert: it’s gross.

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/gruesome-remin…

450X_FTW > Jcarr
03/10/2016 at 09:29

I scrolled past it, yeah gross for sure

450X_FTW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/10/2016 at 09:30

So we throw out the few outliers like those in MENSA and those with mental disabilities?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 09:32

As long as we throw out George Carlin...

smobgirl > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/10/2016 at 10:12

Starred for uncouth. But she would've had a fit about the cars I did that in anyway. :)

smobgirl > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 10:17

I did this all the time growing up, but no one in our family had a car with passenger airbags until I was 22. Airbag-wise, it’s probably still safe in most of my Dad’s cars. Obviously it was never safe accident-wise. Just another bad habit...in an automatic now, I'll drive with my left arm out the window and I can't seem to stop.

yamahog > 450X_FTW
03/10/2016 at 10:18

Luckily, I have no airbags in my Blazer, so we’re safe from this!

...but not safe from, like, anything else

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > smobgirl
03/10/2016 at 10:18

And when we passed a car, or a car passed us on the interstate and the passenger had their feet on the dash, she’d call them out to us. Flash forward 35 years and my daughters kick off their shoes and put toe prints on the inside of the front windshield and I literally want to gag.

Sweet Trav > yamahog
03/10/2016 at 11:28

NOTHING STOPS THE BLERZER NOT EVEN ITS OWN BRAKES!

Frank Grimes > 450X_FTW
03/11/2016 at 00:13

I hate people who put their bare feet up there. I dont want to look at nasty feet on my drive.