Toyota Yaris Crash

[Bluevitz-rs]

Originally Posted by Vioz

Passenger occupancy detector works I think, the passenger air bag turns on when someone sits there. I think it may only be my air bag, I dont have side curtain air bags so theres only the two main front ones. And I almost was in an accident today because of wet roads, I was lucky I didn't panic and swerved to the side.

There's also the sensors are seat belt pre-tensioners to consider.

[MaineYaris12]

Originally Posted by Vioz

Passenger occupancy detector works I think, the passenger air bag turns on when someone sits there. I think it may only be my air bag, I dont have side curtain air bags so theres only the two main front ones. And I almost was in an accident today because of wet roads, I was lucky I didn\'t panic and swerved to the side.

how bout because you weren\'t paying attention and wet roads just reduced your braking distance....another clueless person behind the wheel

[yaris2010RS]

Originally Posted by MaineYaris12

how bout because you weren\'t paying attention and wet roads just reduced your braking distance....another clueless person behind the wheel

+1 i agree, but u lose respect points for calling someone clueless and accusing them for not paying attention when u dont know them.

when i was a new driver (which i personally still am) i got into an accident my first winter, thought i had more grip then i did and tried to do a curve in the road at slightly under speedlimit. car slid into the curb and wheels were damaged. was it my fault, yes, y? cuz i was inexperienced and didnt know conditions could change that quickly and i didnt know how to adjust properly.

also u do not know if that person almost got into an accident in the rain due to someone elses mistake.

[MaineYaris12]

Originally Posted by yaris2010RS

+1 i agree, but u lose respect points for calling someone clueless and accusing them for not paying attention when u dont know them.

when i was a new driver (which i personally still am) i got into an accident my first winter, thought i had more grip then i did and tried to do a curve in the road at slightly under speedlimit. car slid into the curb and wheels were damaged. was it my fault, yes, y? cuz i was inexperienced and didnt know conditions could change that quickly and i didnt know how to adjust properly.

also u do not know if that person almost got into an accident in the rain due to someone elses mistake.

because a skilful driver and one that knows what he's doing will be aware of others on the road won't be mesmerized by the stop lite right in front of him but 5 cars down the road. when you're on the road you're suppose to have your eyes 360 around you and be able to know your position and other's position at every moment you are behind the wheel! if you're daydreaming, fumbling for your George Michael CD, putting on your makeup, talking on the phone, getting sexual favours from a hitchhiker or just being plain stupid STAY OF THE ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yaris2010RS]

Originally Posted by MaineYaris12

because a skilful driver and one that knows what he's doing will be aware of others on the road won't be mesmerized by the stop lite right in front of him but 5 cars down the road. when you're on the road you're suppose to have your eyes 360 around you and be able to know your position and other's position at every moment you are behind the wheel! if you're daydreaming, fumbling for your George Michael CD, putting on your makeup, talking on the phone, getting sexual favours from a hitchhiker or just being plain stupid STAY OF THE ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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.

[Vioz]

Originally Posted by MaineYaris12

because a skilful driver and one that knows what he's doing will be aware of others on the road won't be mesmerized by the stop lite right in front of him but 5 cars down the road. when you're on the road you're suppose to have your eyes 360 around you and be able to know your position and other's position at every moment you are behind the wheel! if you're daydreaming, fumbling for your George Michael CD, putting on your makeup, talking on the phone, getting sexual favours from a hitchhiker or just being plain stupid STAY OF THE ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if I was that bad of a driver I would've been in a 20mph rear end accident. I reacted too late with the brakes so just throw the car into gear 1 and press the brakes and i felt like it wasn't enough space so i turned the car towards the median away from traffic and just came inches into hitting him.

and your acting like i was drunk driving almost hitting a pedestrian calm down, its a topic about the air bags not how your going to change amerca's traffic system or how your indirectly saying your a better driver than others, and who are you again?

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by PK198105

Doubly-cool graphic because as all us Psych fans know, Gus drives a blue Yaris!



It's a Canadian model because the show is filmed up there; but when they shoot filler scenes in Santa Barbara (where the show takes place), they use a US model:




Cheers! M2

[slothman86]

I was in an accident mostly frontal and my airbags didn't go off either. But I would have had broken glasses if they did! LOL

Either way. The human body wasn't designed to go and stop that fast. Even with safety devices you can still turn into mush! It's similar to falling...

[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...

[slothman86]

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...

LOL sounds like a plan!

[SailDesign]

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've already had mine crashed, and posted the results. Am I immune to banning for life now?

[lammy29]

i had accident and right in centre of vehicle and both air bags deployed. and result my yaris getting written off. could show you pictures if you are interested

[eTiMaGo]

Steve, I don't think we could get rid of you even if we wanted to

[SailDesign]

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

Steve, I don't think we could get rid of you even if we wanted to

You haven't tried yet....

[cali yaris]

Am I immune to banning for life now?

Seems that way.

[cali yaris]

I haven't subscribed to a thread in a long time. Thanks, everyone.

[fnkngrv]

what happened to the OP...seems like she dropped her stuff and left...are we sure that "c" isn't back?

[MadMax]

To the OP, the airbags went off in this crash, do you actually expect that if there was a driver in this car that he/she would emerge uninjured?!?

Smart Car Crash Test

(How in the heck do you embed vids on this forum again?!? )

By the way, the NHTSA crash ratings for the 2007 Yaris hatchback where 4/5 stars for front and rollover crashes, and 3/5 for side impacts (there were no side airbags in 2007). It got 'Good' ratings in five out of six categories, and an overall "Good." (Source).

Plus, there are numerous firsthand accounts of how well the Yaris has held up in accidents on this forum.

So, you still wanna claim that the car is dangerous? Well, maybe it is; as every vehicle on the road has some degree of danger associated with it. But as the NHTSA results show, the Yaris does pretty good in every category, and received no ratings below the standard.

Cheers! M2