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Do airbags reduce the risk of injury in crashes? Learn about airbags and see the Mythbusters test airbag explosions in a video from Discovery Channel. ... by Marshall Brain ... For years, the trusty seat belt provided the sole form of passive restraint in our cars. There were debates about their safety,
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The history of automotive airbags - how they work - who invented airbags. ... Side-impact air bags (SABs) are inflatable devices that are designed to help protect your head and/or chest in the event of a serious crash involving the side of your vehicle. There are three main types of SABs: chest (or torso) SABs,
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inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/air_bags.htm
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Airbag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An airbag is a vehicle safety device. It is an occupant restraint consisting of a flexible envelope designed to inflate rapidly in an automobile collision, to prevent vehicle occupants from striking...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbag
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Air bags have saved thousands of lives since their introduction in the early 1980s. If you run into something, your air bag can inflate in less than a tenth of a second to protect you from the forces of a head-on collision.
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Most new cars have air bags for front-seat passengers. When used with lap/shoulder belts, air bags work very well to protect older children and adults. Air bags do not work with rear-facing child seats (those used with infants).
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www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/airbags/Airbags.html
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/airbags/Airbags.html
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Like our modern military, automotive air bags must maintain a constant state of readiness to protect citizens from harm. ... Because a typical automobile accident only lasts about 0.125 (1/8th) of a second, air bags deploy within 15 to 20ms after the initial crash impact. To create a protective cushion between the occupant...
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