Airbags

A detailed Summary of Airbags

Imagine yourself and a friend on a road trip. All of the sudden a car pulls out in front of you. When you finally wake up, you notice that you were in a terrible accident. You see your friend lying inside the car. Your friend's neck has been broken by the impact of the airbag on the passenger side of the car. Airbags are thought to be a great safety feature on automobiles, but they have caused many injuries and deaths in all kinds of accidents. Even though air bags are designed to save lives, they can be harmful or fatal to some people. Airbags should be more safe, have an easy access to turn off airbags, or they should only be installed in the front of the automobiles.

Airbags can be found in most recently manufactured automobiles. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Highway Loss Data Institute (Insurance Institute) web page, "Over 107 million (52%) of the over 207 million cars and light trucks on U.S. roads have driver airbags. Over 81 million (39.4%) of these also have passenger airbags. Another one million new vehicles with airbags are being sold each month." Many vehicles have airbags, and the statistics show that more people have been surviving frontal accidents with airbags.

Due to the concern of deaths from airbags, automobile manufacturers have made a switch that can be installed in all automobiles to turn off the airbags. According to an online article on CNN, "Government Announces Rules For Airbag Switches," it stated, "If the owner of a vehicle or a passenger has a medical condition which would put them at a greater risk from airbags, then they can get permission to disable the airbags in their vehicle. This also applies if a child must ride in the front seat." People who have these problems can automatically have that switch installed. For anyone else who wants the switch installed, they must get permission from the National Highway Transportation Safety Association. They will then approve of the addition and send a slip to the automobile owner's mechanic. If anyone dose not follow these procedures, they could be prosecuted for perjury.

There should be no more than 2 airbags per car. This will prevent injury to children. Children are too small to take the impact of an airbag. There has been some luxury vehicles coming out with six or eight airbags. In an accident, anyone who is in the car will be bouncing around like a ping pong ball. Automotive manufacturers suggest that young children should sit in the back of the automobile so they will not be injured by an airbag. In the new luxury cars there would be no safe places for children.

Before you go on your next road trip, make sure that you and your friends or family member/s are in the proper places in the vehicle. If you are an owner of an automobile with an airbag make sure you're at least 10 inches away from the steering wheel. If there are any young children in the vehicle make sure they sit in the back, out of the way of any airbags. Before purchasing a luxury car, ask yourself the question; can a child sit safely in the vehicle with eight airbags? If you can put a switch in your vehicle, it is strongly recommended. Airbags are a good safety feature in automobiles, but only if they are properly used.

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