Slovakian airbag tests: more explosives, dummies, and slides!

Just in case you haven’t seen enough footage of dummies getting pummeled in explosives-triggered avalanches, check out this clip from the Slovakian Rescue Service:

Conventional wisdom is that an airbag won’t help you if the slide is triggered from above and the debris comes down on top of you. However, in these tests that’s just how it worked–and all three dummies stayed on the surface. They were each equipped with a different brand of airbag: the BCA Float 36, ABS,… Read more