Can someone explain how airbags work to me, and is there any reason an airbag (drivers) would not go off in a high speed collision. This was a new model Fiesta, although year is unknown.

Welcome to r/cars! At present we do not allow text submissions from users who haven't participated in the community enough. This is to encourage new users to read the rules and seek the correct avenue for their questions before posting them as main queue items in r/cars. Please take a moment to read the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/about/rules/) and in particular please note that we do not allow troubleshooting or car choosing, leasing, buying, or selling threads at all (you may use the Monday or Tuesday sticky respectively). Please do read the [wiki.](https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/wiki/index) We also request that general questions be posted in the Wednesday sticky thread. Some other common resources: **For car-choosing or selling:** * r/whatcarshouldibuy * r/askcarsales * r/carselling **For troubleshooting:** * r/mechanicadvice * r/askmechanics * r/cartalk * r/autobody * r/autodetailing * r/carav *r/projectcar *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/cars) if you have any questions or concerns.*