| For many years the seat belt was relied | | | | the inflators. The bags inflation system |
| upon for safety in automobiles. Many | | | | ignites a solid propellant, which burns |
| people debated whether seat belts were | | | | extremely quickly to create a large |
| safe or not but over time many states | | | | volume of gas to inflate the bag. This |
| made wearing seat belts mandatory. | | | | gas is harmless. The inflators react so |
| Statistics have proven that seat belts | | | | swiftly that the air bag inflates |
| have saved lives in accidents | | | | literally within the blink of an |
| everywhere. The safety belt is now | | | | eye.This air bag system was designed to |
| mandatory, due to a primary or secondary | | | | help our lives. This safety tool has |
| law, in all states except New Hampshire. | | | | been found to be a great benefit to many |
| With most everyone now agreeing to the | | | | people throughout the world by |
| benefits of using a seat belt, carmakers | | | | minimizing injuries and fatalities |
| have stepped up their safety standards | | | | during car crashes . Now just like |
| to use technology to its advantage and | | | | everything air bags have pros and cons. |
| developed air bags.In the 1980's the | | | | There have been many incidents in which |
| first air bag appeared in automobiles. | | | | a person has been slightly injured or |
| In 1998 all new cars were required to | | | | burned due to the impact of the bag, but |
| have frontal air bags on both driver and | | | | their life was saved. Also it needs to |
| passenger sides. Lighter weight trucks, | | | | be kept in mind that children under the |
| such as pickups, vans and SUVs, were | | | | age of 12 are not to be seated in the |
| required in 1999 to have frontal air | | | | front seat since an air bag impact to |
| bags installed.Studies have proven that | | | | them could cause serious |
| the risk of dying in an auto crash has | | | | injure.Technology is continuing to grow |
| been reduced by nearly 30 percent since | | | | and experts are now working on air bags |
| the addition of the air bag in vehicles. | | | | that will be linked to sensors that can |
| The National Highway Traffic Safety | | | | help tell the air bag what type of |
| Administration (NHTSA) has stated that | | | | person is in the seat. The body mass |
| air bags have reduced fatal injuries by | | | | will be calculated so that air bags can |
| 11 percent for drivers and 13 percent | | | | be developed to deal with the different |
| for adult passengers.The purpose of an | | | | sizes of the occupants. These 'smart |
| air bag is to help the occupants to | | | | sensors' are the future of air |
| either not sustain any injuries or keep | | | | bags.Remember that air bags do not |
| the damage to him or her to a minimum. | | | | eliminate the need for seat belts being |
| During a moderate to severe car | | | | used. Car occupants who chose not to |
| accident, to the front of the car, the | | | | buckle up can be seriously injured or |
| frontal air bags are supposed to inflate | | | | killed if they are too close the air bag |
| to prevent the occupants of the car from | | | | as it deploys. Air bags are supposed to |
| striking into the interior of the | | | | be a supplemental safety device not a |
| vehicle. The air bags also help absorb | | | | replacement. The latest NHTSA studies |
| forward force that the body that usually | | | | show that vehicle occupants protected by |
| incurs in that type of accident.There | | | | both seat belts and air bags are 50 |
| are three parts to an air bag that help | | | | percent less likely than unrestrained |
| it accomplish its goal of making people | | | | occupants to suffer serious, or even |
| in cars safer. The air bag, the crash | | | | fatal, injuries in a car crash.In my |
| sensors and the inflators make up the | | | | opinion we never know when it is our |
| integral parts of the air bag system in | | | | time to go but with modern technology |
| an automobile.First there is the bag | | | | this air bag system was created to help |
| itself. It is made of a thin, nylon | | | | us be safer in our daily lives. It is |
| material. The frontal bag is then placed | | | | very important you and your family |
| in the steering wheel or dashboard. | | | | should feel secure at all times in your |
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