▲ 374 ▼ Surely there is no way that this could... backfire (lemmy.today) submitted 2 years ago by MacNCheezus@lemmy.today to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) Surely airbags are constructed in a way that doesn’t include slamming the hard plastic into your face? I’ll retract that question mark. Designing it that way would just be too dumb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] habitualTartare@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago Most are designed for the cover to move to the side when deployed but some are designed to split in some way that could cause the rhinestones to come free. permalink fedilink source parent [–] poppy@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago I’ve seen the occasional post where the front plate burned/branded people’s hands during deployment if they were holding the steering wheel. https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/p9fqr9/honda_logo_burned_into_my_hand_from_steering/ Also an article about people getting injured from the bezazzling! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steering-wheel-cover-rhinestones-nhtsa/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Xtallll@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* An airbag is just a carefuly sized explosion instead of a kevlar pillow case, in a crash the airbag is deployed in a fraction of a second, lots of engineering goes into making them safe. However, the rind sones aren't an intended part of the system and can be separated from the wheel and "knocked" out of the way at high speeds, much like ball barberings in a claymore. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] habitualTartare@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago Most are designed for the cover to move to the side when deployed but some are designed to split in some way that could cause the rhinestones to come free. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] poppy@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago I’ve seen the occasional post where the front plate burned/branded people’s hands during deployment if they were holding the steering wheel. https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/p9fqr9/honda_logo_burned_into_my_hand_from_steering/ Also an article about people getting injured from the bezazzling! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steering-wheel-cover-rhinestones-nhtsa/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Xtallll@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* An airbag is just a carefuly sized explosion instead of a kevlar pillow case, in a crash the airbag is deployed in a fraction of a second, lots of engineering goes into making them safe. However, the rind sones aren't an intended part of the system and can be separated from the wheel and "knocked" out of the way at high speeds, much like ball barberings in a claymore. permalink fedilink source parent
