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