[MikeCapone]

If I understood what I read correctly, the car came out of the gate at 30 MPH. It hit the truck a bit slower than that, it seems. Airbags might be set not to deploy under a certain speed because there might be more risks from the airbags themselves than from the crash below a certain velocity.

[hugh3]

Alternatively this may be a prototype with airbags disabled for some reason. Frinstance if you're going to remote-control a car you'd probably wind up fitting something over the steering wheel, so you'd probably disable the airbags for that.