Car Tech 101: External airbags (On Cars)

Do airbags belong on the outside of your car? Brian Cooley looks at prototype technology that could change how airbags are deployed in the future.

[supermirracobmx]

Goes off when you walk up too fast and it blows your kneecaps off

[Mrsubaru]

00:14 IT'S A GHOST! RUN EVERYBODY RUN.

[kimbercolt]

This could potentially save the lives of motorcyclists in the future.

[jamcastillo]

Easy, implement the airbag in a replaceable sideskirt that can just plug in

[asdfasdfartsdfg]

When NASA dropped the Mars rover, I believe it was completely surrounded in a cocoon of airbags. Some years ago, I wondered if cars could just have all of these external airbags to cushion them during a nasty rollover.

[Lsutton_]

Thats prettt cool i never knew that car companies made that advanced of airbags

[billyjoe]

External airbags - For when you wanna protect that glossy paint!

[FrankieCreates]

That front air bag will make mustangs great again and safer when u get hit by them

[Atomic-ProductionsYT]

0:13 when you open a pack of gum

The class:

[jean-luccg]

I would like to see someone open their door on that car in a parking lot XD

[jonathanpotter]

If it saves your life, then I couldn’t give two shits the cost to repair it. it’s replaceable, you aren’t.

[koontanaawesome]

What if a car is made of "only airbags":-D

[KingLarbear]

This is interesting. What if both cars had them and they kind of caught each other.

[bigshotjeev]

The movie makers of demolition man apparently have the solution which is to use a metal that during impact changes its molecular structure into foam like thingy.

[finnizboy]

Volvo underhood airbag saved a life of my little brothers best friend.

[Dekaldermigforkim]

What if the car drives into someone? Would it just be like a Would the person just go flying around the world?

[jacobrhodes]

The Volvo under bonnet or hood Air bag is genius.

[RDCST]

I'm disappointed, you didn't showed the complete crash test.

[bars]

I came here to see the actual impact not hear bs and all I get is half of a collision.

[donlovett]

at this point if car makers are all pent up with safety why not just drive balloons on wheels