reassuring ??? hell no !
a real human driver would almost certainly be dead or brain dead.
Play it in slow mo....
the twisting force causes the vehicle rear to go to the left, the airbag inflates, the drivers head is deflected BY the airbag, not cussioned, misses the airbag completely and pounds into the door frame. (this WOULD cause severe cervical spinal injusry and potetially massive brain damage.
then look at the resulting whiplash, I have seen cases such as this where the head has actually come loose.. ie - decapitiation.
NOT reassuring at all, plain deathtrap.
Joe.