Hi Everyone. I was wondering where the air bag will be if you have a front bench seat? It appears the console and associated switches will be directly in front of a passenger sitting in the middle part of the seat. Thanks in advance.
Front Bench Seat Safety
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Safety is at the top of Scout's priority list and I have no doubt they will meet or even exceed current safety standards. If fact, they may be going as far as help rewriting them for the bench seat "comeback tour" lol
Regarding your question I would say there will most likely be both a knee bolster and dash air bag. I'm sure we will get plenty of information later on as production continues.
Safety is at the top of Scout's priority list and I have no doubt they will meet or even exceed current safety standards. If fact, they may be going as far as help rewriting them for the bench seat "comeback tour" lol
Regarding your question I would say there will most likely be both a knee bolster and dash air bag. I'm sure we will get plenty of information later on as production continues.
I believe it will be above the screen. The horizontal orientation of the screen was designed in part to accommodate bench seat safety features.
Welcome to the community. I’m sure we will see where they are when we get to see the production models. For example, the concepts are missing some of the head rests, etc. welcome again!
Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting your thought. As these are still the original prototypes I’m sure they have worked them in and once they start testing I’m sure they’ll have it nailed down very quickly to meet all the safety standards and requirements
One thing about airbag technology that has improved over the years is that it is now possible to control the final shape of the airbag. Manufacturers can now have them formed into things like "curtains."
I don't know if Scout Motors will do it, but it's possible to have the airbag in front of the right passenger seat form into a curtain that protects both he right and the middle passengers.
I don't know if Scout Motors will do it, but it's possible to have the airbag in front of the right passenger seat form into a curtain that protects both he right and the middle passengers.
Hmm, good question. Now I’m wondering, too.
I guess when trucks with bench seats get tested, there’s no crash test dummy in the bench seat used in order to get whatever safety rating you need to get to make it worthwhile.
Someone who knows better, please correct me. If I had a bench seat and was going to actually drive with someone in it knowing that they could go through the windshield, I’d want to be able to tell them that they better have signed up to be an organ donor.Edit: oh hey, this question was answered! It sounds like it will have an airbag:
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Most fascinating one to me was (Hondas-I think) with the catchers mitt style. Advancements in airbags are very cool
some day they will be small enough to fit in a 2-inch pipe roll cage. Then we will have cool cars again.
It probably could be done, but it would cost a crazy amount of money to develop.
The only reason I know anything about airbags is because they’re a fine example of sensors and actuators in your everyday life, and it was a good contextual example of what I could say people researched how to improve at my old job.
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