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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 08:20 AM
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First time I've seen airbag deployed from that perspective
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 08:22 AM
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I pray everyday that I never know what that's like... hopefully this is as close as I'll come to experiencing that... so much for the viper.
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 09:55 AM
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ouch. that was violent. sounds like the passenger was an instructor of some kind.......
I wonder why the brakes failed?

any more pics or details Andrew?
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 11:39 AM
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WOW , I would have expected the outcome to be much worse.
Looks like they made it out ok.
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 11:46 AM
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Wow...very cool near-1st-person view of the airbag deployment. Good thing they wore helmets and protective suits.
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