[Jim Sims]

You didn't have a head-on collision with a wall or other car coming towards you which is probably what that deployment speed number is based on. You impacted the relatively soft side of a car at about 90 degrees to its axis of travel which is about the same as having it not moving. The physics of your collision appears to be under the trigger threshold. You may have also been going more slowly than you think at impact. On some of these vehicles it is possible to interogate the vehicle's computer and it will tell one what the vehicle speed and deaccelerations were when the accident occurred. This kind of hard data may help or hinder your case if you elect to sue. Cheers, Jim