There's an AllState commercial out right now where a guy notices that he has to stop quickly, drops his coffee in his car, grabs the wheel with both hands, slams on the break, and still ends up hitting the car in front of him. The airbag deploys, and the guy looks like he's still ready for work, and he's glad he's safe.
I have been in car crashes, and this is some bo-shit.
First off, when your air bag goes off, you are not looking good. You are looking fucked up. The air bag is supposed to inflate really fast, and then deflate so that you get a cushion instead of just slamming your head into the wheel. This does not mean that there is no big impact. Your head hits the bag like a the big juicy melon that it is, and you get fucked up, all melon-style.
Secondly, after you go face to face with this exploding sack, you're not glad that it happened. Don't get me wrong, air bags save a ton of lives, and a lot of people are glad later, but when you get your brain smashed around during your accident, you don't know what the shit is going on. Hell, you probably don't realize you're human, or in a car. The last fucking thing you are is glad that anything happened.
Just made me think. Very untrue portrayal of the air bag. I just don't want you to be disappointed if you're ever in a crash. It's not as cool as they make it seem.
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