http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/ Engadget Comments for Mercedes debuts airbag-laden S-Class ESF hybrid concept http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 9th 2009 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/
I'd rather fall 10 feet and feel the effects of gravity than feel the effect of my internal organs hittin my rib cage going from 60mph to 0 in a crumple zone the size of that hood.. what 4 feet?]]>Jun 9th 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/
Dropping from 10 feet up (ground to wheel-bottoms), you'll hit the ground at about 17 mph (vertical speed). Giving you another foot to stop (suspension and seat compression), you'll have about 33 Joules to dissipate per kilogram that you weigh. (U=mgh)
From 60 mph, you'll have about 360 J/kg. (K=½mv²)
So if you stop from 60 mph in four feet, you shed about 90 J/kg-ft, about three times as much as if you dropped from ten feet and stopped in another one.

So yeah, you *would* rather.

Disclaimer: this is a massive simplification. It treats you as just a free body with no floppiness or preference between, say, spine compression and whiplash. It assumes constant force applied to stop you—which is way wrong—and several other things.
Nevertheless, a factor of 3 is pretty safe, so you're probably still right.]]>Jun 9th 2009 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 9th 2009 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 9th 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 10th 2009 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 9th 2009 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 9th 2009 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/
Besides, its the idiot in the tuner or SUV that causes the damage that will pay $$$

Just make sure you add on the digital Accident-cam when you order the package.. insurance will love you for that.

Big brother much?]]>Jun 9th 2009 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/]]>Jun 9th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/
No fault.. BAH! ... Idiot its YOUR FAULT!]]>Jun 9th 2009 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/
The airbag below the car prevents the front end from making a nose dive from the inertia. The reason you'd be stopping like this would be because the driver of said vehicle would be the one causing the accident cause he'd be rear-ending the vehicle, not the other way around.

Being said, I despise your tuner comment. Are 'tuners' always bad drivers? My DD is the ultimate tuner car, a '99 Civic Si, and baby that thing. I drive the speed limit to make sure that thing stays accident free. ]]>Jun 9th 2009 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 9th 2009 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/
Also, what would that mean to someone behind me in car equipped with external bags if I popped a small aluminum foil confetti chaff cloud out the back of mine? Inquiring (and moderately evil) minds want to know!]]>Jun 9th 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 9th 2009 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 9th 2009 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 9th 2009 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 9th 2009 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 10th 2009 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 9th 2009 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 10th 2009 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 10th 2009 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 9th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/
That apart, awesome. I like looking at new Mercs - their new stuff is usually the industry standard in 5-10 years.]]>Jun 9th 2009 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 9th 2009 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 10th 2009 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 10th 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/
btw how about fixing brake dive so the suspension doesn't suck and fall 80mm in a sudden break.]]>Jun 9th 2009 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 10th 2009 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/]]>Jun 10th 2009 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/mercedes-debuts-airbag-laden-s-class-esf-hybrid-concept/Jun 10th 2009 9:22AM