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on June 20 2013 |
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by Alastair Sloane |
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Check out how the new pedestrian airbags are put to the crash test with the new Volvo V40. The pedestrian airbag has two purposes. Firstly, to lift the bonnet to create a space between the bonnet and the hard components of the engine space. Secondly, to cushion the area around the window wipers.
Alastair Sloane has been a newspaper journalist for more than 40 years. He was the motoring editor of the New Zealand Herald for 16 years from 1996 until 2012. He owns a 1968 VW Beetle. Best days at the wheel include doing part of the Land Rover Camel Trophy route in Papua New Guinea, driving a Nissan Patrol over earthquake-hit roads in Guatemala, and a Ferrari Italia on Enzo’s old hill-climb road in Italy.
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