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