Originally Posted by
Pete F
I am not you, nor am I am expert in this area, far from it. I just happened to have read a few articles on ABS/Airbags etc as I was looking for clues to my car's problem. Completely unrelated of course, but I'm easily distracted. :D However I believe that any bullbar/roo-bar needs to be compatible with the airbag system. Furthermore the modern airbag systems are very sophisticated. This is what I was referring to about possibly being naiive as to when they get triggered. For the record, this is a cut and paste of what it takes to deploy an airbag:
My highlighting, as I have seen same MASSIVE roo hits and the airbags didn't deploy. Why? Well hitting a brick wall at 25 clicks may not sound like much, but I can assure you that's a heck of a deceleration. You have CRASHED so the chances are you won't be driving anywhere. Not at the time, and sure as heck not afterwards! However as I said to Stuart, I don't see any point in continuing down this theme. It's not something I have a lot of knowledge in, but I lived in the bush for many years, and I do know there is a lot of "misinformation" (a remarkably more PC way of describing what I would normally say, ie BS) regarding airbags and hitting roos. Yes I know they sometimes trigger when they shouldn't, but the upside of that is let's hope they trigger when they should!
As far as hard hats and boots. As I mentioned I am not you. Normally hard hats are specified to be worn when there is an overhead risk. If you're now saying that they're in fact specified by the marketing department that's really nothing to do with safety! That's another completely different part of an organisations specifying something they think looks good. I take it you work in a winery, I'm originally from Adelaide and some of my friends are still grape growers. I don't recall the wineries being hard hat areas, but I'm going "home" tomorrow, so will pay more attention when I'm going past them (the irony is I don't drink!). Maybe that's all changed now, maybe it depends on the winery and perceived risk? I have no clue. I'm afraid I don't understand your situation with your steel cap boots. You're quite right, they're rubbish to wear, I use some non-capped versions and hate them. I have "normal" feet too. But you said you can get well fitting boots if you want to pay more for them. Either that, or a visit to a cobbler seems a little less extreme than having your little toes amputated! I have visions of Mad-Max Toe Cutter!! A good mate was in the army and had a lot of trouble with the issued boots. He had some custom made and while they weren't cheap, I gathered he thought it money well spent.
Pete