BULLARD, ALTHEA ANN City/State: ST GEORGE / UT PCF Number: 175097 . Arrest Date: 01:09:19 01/29/18 Agency: Washington County Sheriff RELEASED FROM CUSTODY
How fast do you need to be going when you hit something for your air bags to deploy? The crash forces are equivalent to a head-on collision with an immovable barrier... How fast do you have to be going for the air bags to go off? Air bags are set to deploy when you hit something at a mild 8-14 miles per hour... How fast do you have to be going for the air bags to deploy in a car? You have to be in a collision that is at least 10 mph for the airbags to deploy in...
From start to finish, an airbag deployment should take 30 to 40 milliseconds, but compromised powder can delay -- or prevent -- that rapid response. Even in an inspection, it can be almost impossible for mechanics to determine how an airbag will perform. Testing it would render it useless.