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Airbag Sends Dumb Mechanic Flying

If you are a Youtube fan, then you must know by now that what happens in a repair shop rarely stays in the repair shop. It usually ends up on Youtube...

Among the gazzilion videos showing the exploits of more or less brilliant mechanics, a few show the men who usually take care of your car working hard to perfect a strange sport: airbag taming (we came up with this name...).

The fact that there are already several such pioneering actions filmed and posted on Youtube makes us wonder even more why do they keep doing it? Isn't it obvious it hurts like hell? It's fun for the guys watching, sure, but potentially deadly dangerous for the guys sitting on top of this soft bomb.

We can't but feel sorry for the guy who slaps his palms together in eager anticipation of either the crazy ride or the touch of alcohol coming to him.

The force of the airbags deploying is enough to literally send the skinny man slamming into the roof of the workshop and than pin him to the ground.

Finally, after he comes together, the reason behind all this fuss is revealed. Bottles. Plastic bottles filled with, well, you can figure it out for yourselves.

Don't go thinking we didn't enjoy the poor man being tossed around. Truth be told, we laughed, and laughed as we repeatedly watched this video. Remember, there are more such videos (we should know) but this is a good one. Among the best, actually...

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About the author: Daniel Patrascu
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Daniel loves writing (or so he claims), and he uses this skill to offer readers a "behind the scenes" look at the automotive industry. He also enjoys talking about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies.
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