We are all worried about our safety, at each and every turn in life and in our cars!
The seatbelt used to be the only safety restraint feature in a car, until there came the airbag.
Did you know the first car manufacturer to offer driver and front passenger airbags as a standard feature was CHRYSLER. They started this in 1988!
Since then all car manufacturers have made it a standard in all their cars.
There are two types of airbags; frontal and the various types of side-impact airbags. Advanced frontal air bag systems automatically determine if and with what level of power the driver frontal air bag and the passenger frontal air bag will inflate. The appropriate level of power is based upon sensor inputs that can typically detect: 1) occupant size, 2) seat position, 3) seat belt use of the occupant, and 4) crash severity.
The purpose of airbags is to slow an occupant's motion as evenly as possible in a fraction of a second in a crash. Airbags are supplemental restraints and work best in combination with seatbelts.
Frontal airbags are deployed in less than 50 milliseconds. Airbags for side protection have to be fully inflated within 15 milliseconds, which is eight times faster than the blink of an eye. Once an airbag deploys, deflation begins immediately as the gas escapes through vent holes in the fabric. A frontal airbag is empty after approximately one second.
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