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Originally Posted by Sasquachulator
I wear glasses so in the event of an airbag deployment situation, im either going to go blind, have glasses embedded onto my face, or will be wearing the worlds largest set of contact lenses.
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I wear glasses and was involved in a two-lane no median highway head on collision/glancing with Euro style cab-over light truck about 8 years ago (not in a Twin). Speed was about 60-65 for both vehicles, but the angle was partially glancing. Front and side airbags deployed. My glasses were lost but didn't injure my face/eyes. I had a nasty bruise from the seat belt (across shoulder and chest, but not on the pelvis/hips) and on my left side (presumably from the B pillar protruding into the seat area, which also meant firefighters had to cut it to get me out) and plenty of glass shrapnel in my arms and neck, but nothing in my face. Had a severe whiplash but otherwise not seriously hurt.
Also, unless you actually use glass for your lenses, most plastic lens material will probably just fly away. To give myself that extra edge I prefer polycarbonate lenses (same stuff safety goggles are made of), and unless you really need high index lenses there are no downsides to it.
For the OP, unless the scenario is a really low speed collision you can see coming (perhaps an ice slick at low speed) I doubt you'd be in any position to prepare or would be able to physically restrain yourself. Try your maneuver with a full on emergency stop in an empty stretch of road (or better yet, have a buddy drive and do the braking while you hold head, eliminating knowing the exact moment of braking). Now remember that a sports car brakes doesn't even reach 2g and imagine doing that with 10x peak deceleration (depending on speed).