Airbags are an "amusing" demo of a product that undeniably saves lives, but also have become so toxic to make (and hold the liability of them for 5/10/20 years) that it's very questionable if it's worth making them from a manufacturing point of view. Like would would want to produce bits of explosive chemistry that has a wide deployment and liability for decades?
WiteWulf@cyberplace...
replied 04 Aug 2025 12:21 +0000
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@benjojo which is why it’s great that we have to impose mandatory safety features/regulations. As soon as it stops being interesting it would be a liability and overhead.
benjojo
replied 04 Aug 2025 12:25 +0000
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@WiteWulf well a counter argument to this is that there is basically 1.5 airbag companies at this point, and at least 1 of the keep having huge scale recalls, is the system working?
WiteWulf@cyberplace...
replied 04 Aug 2025 12:32 +0000
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