Toyota Yaris Crash

[yaris2010RS]

op is gone and oddly enough so is hershey....lol

YARISWORLD UNITE AND SCARE THE HATERS AWAY

[Hershey]

Originally Posted by yaris2010RS

op is gone and oddly enough so is hershey....lol

YARISWORLD UNITE AND SCARE THE HATERS AWAY

. Still here . It's no . Never said we hate our YARIS . Plan to keep them for awhile .

[krusty]

Hersey how is a question an assumption? I never assume..

[Hershey]

Originally Posted by krusty

Hersey how is a question an assumption? I never assume..

. . Many of you can make all the derogative remarks you want , but I'm / we're not going anywhere . So deal with it .

[SailDesign]

Originally Posted by Hershey

. . Many of you can make all the derogative remarks you want , but I'm / we're not going anywhere . So deal with it .

Ummm... "derogatory" .....

HTH.

[frownonfun]

Originally Posted by PK198105

AIRBAAAAAAAGS:

i can't stop laughing at this. lol. oh gosh. i'm crying right now. who watches the original and thinks to do something like that. whew. good times.

[why?]

Originally Posted by yaris2010RS

LMFAO, i agree, dont get me wrong. but ur not born knowing how to drive. u need sometime to build up the skills. i do feel some people need to learn faster, but lets jsut say in his case in the rain, if the car that is infront of u hits a puddle and gets pulled into ur lane and hits the brakes. how do u prepare for that? i always expect the unexpected and when the unexpected happens and i avoid it i am happy. someone who says they avoided an accident shouldnt be called inexperienced or told to stay off the road.

Thats jsut MIO

i strongly agree with u about multitaskers while driving, and they should not be tolerated.

i think humans shouldn't be tolerated, can i get a second?

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

instead of banning members I propose we get them to run their Yaris into walls at different angles and at various speeds to see just in what conditions airbags will deploy...

i like this idea.

Originally Posted by PK198105

cats joined in on the thread watch too:

ok, this car has beer, a tv, and servants. add a computer and it has the perfect life.

[eddy]

sorry to hear about the crash. I had one back in june/10 and the air bags did not go off but I walked away but the car was a right off. I wondered about the airbags too.did some research and found out that the new airbags in all the new cars are like that in the yaris and they just do not go off like they did even three years ago. so just be happy everybody lived and go on with life

[cougar65]

Yaris are not the best in crashes.. But there still great cars it's a matter of mass their to small to be super safe if you want a tank buy an suv.

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by cougar65

Yaris are not the best in crashes.. But there still great cars it's a matter of mass their to small to be super safe if you want a tank buy an suv.

Uh, go back and read my previous post (#78); the NHTSA gave the Yaris pretty good crash ratings. It's safer than my Jeep which weighs 2-3x more than it...

[.Kevin.]

OP made me rage

[mryaris]

It looks like the car did it's job.....the passenger compartment is intact, heck, the drivers side door still opens & closes. Do you believe that if the airbags deployed that less injuries would have been sustained? Just curious. I would think surviving a crash like that would be enough, what more could the airbags have done there? Again, just wondering.

I rolled my Yaris a year ago and the seat & sidecurtain bags deployed. There really was no additional "safety" for me....I would have fared exactly the same with or without them going off. Airbags are just there to make you feel better about the relative safety of the vehicle you are driving. What you really need to look at is how the chassis is put together....again, it looks like your Yaris took it like a champ and nobody died......it did its job.

I don't want to sound cold....I am glad everyone is OK, but I think you are looking for something that isn't there.

[Black_griffin6]

I understand what you're trying to say, yes the airbags didn't deploy, but everyone is alive and well today. You seem to make a really big deal about the airbags, but quite frankly, there is more to safety then just airbags.

Looking at your pictures, the car did exactly what it should have done. It crumpled up to absorb the energy of the crash and though your husband ended up with some broken bones...he lived. Would you rather have a car that has it's airbags deploy and doesn't have crumple zones and has the steering wheel shoved up into you and the pedals shoved up in your legs?

Even after watching this, I still feel confident in my yaris. You should be thankful that the car did it's job and that everyone is alive and well, not complaining that the airbags didn't go off. It could have been much much worse.

[Killchain]

I'm thankful that all your loved ones are alive. Yet it seems you only signed up for this forum,to tell us of this accident.
Check your owners manual about AB deployment. The YT video stated that the car was hit from behind and causing a spin, to be hit at the front end.
Again, I sincerely say that all family members are alive. But this forum is not the place for your issue with the Yaris or Toyota.

[mckulley1]

If you purchase a vehicle with safety devices, then those safety devices should work properly.

If this is your attitudes then I hope each of you get into an accident and your air bags do not deploy. Then you can tell me how you feel about a safety device that does not properly operate!

I did not realize it was such a privilege to drive a Yaris that I should be "just happy" to be alive. I figured it also involved getting what you pay for!!!

[mryaris]

Originally Posted by mckulley1

If you purchase a vehicle with safety devices, then those safety devices should work properly.

If this is your attitudes then I hope each of you get into an accident and your air bags do not deploy. Then you can tell me how you feel about a safety device that does not properly operate!

I did not realize it was such a privilege to drive a Yaris that I should be "just happy" to be alive. I figured it also involved getting what you pay for!!!

What an asshat you are for wishing anyone here get into an accident. I have been in an accident with a Yaris....a 3-door hatchback like yours and while it sucks, the car did it's job. I walked away but the Yaris was totalled. Your husband (or whoever) walked away too.....walked away meaning did not die or have limbs ripped off, etc.

The fact that your airbags did not delpoy had no effect on the outcome of the collision....someone was going to get hurt (and being a small car it was likely to be the Yaris driver). You really should be channeling this energy towards the real cause of the accident, which evidently was someone else doing something stupid. THAT is why your husband is injured, not because the airbag didn't inflate.

I have a feeling you would be here admonishing airbags if they had gone off and as a result your husband was more severly injured or even killed. I guess it's the old "who can I blame" scenario. Just chalk it up to "shit happens" and move on.

[DebbyM46227]

Originally Posted by mckulley1

If you purchase a vehicle with safety devices, then those safety devices should work properly.

If this is your attitudes then I hope each of you get into an accident and your air bags do not deploy. Then you can tell me how you feel about a safety device that does not properly operate!

I did not realize it was such a privilege to drive a Yaris that I should be "just happy" to be alive. I figured it also involved getting what you pay for!!!

Geez.....aren't YOU nice!!! Have you ever stopped to think if the airbags deployed he might have been killed by them? I love my Yaris and you aren't changing my mind about it!!!

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by mckulley1

If you purchase a vehicle with safety devices, then those safety devices should work properly.

If this is your attitudes then I hope each of you get into an accident and your air bags do not deploy. Then you can tell me how you feel about a safety device that does not properly operate!

I did not realize it was such a privilege to drive a Yaris that I should be "just happy" to be alive. I figured it also involved getting what you pay for!!!

Your car's safety systems worked as they were designed to. Airbags, seat belts and other safety devices don't prevent all injuries from occurring, they minimize them. Other factor come into play and your husband's injuries could have resulted from any number of reasons. Maybe next time do a little more research on the topic before you post slanderous accusations.

There are numerous threads on here concerning Yaris that have been in bad accidents, and in no cases were the safety features of the car found to malfunction. I don't know what your agenda is but if you think you're going to convince anyone on here that there is a serious fault with the safety system in our cars, you are wasting your time.