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Do safety belts and airbags offer the best protection in a crash?
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How are cars built to offer use protection if you crash?
The cars have been built with seatbelts, comfy chairs and airbags that way if you crash you will have a little bit of protection.
How has airbags impacted society?
Just as with car seat belts, there was auto producer reluctance about making airbags standards equipment on automobiles. The main complaint for safety measures were that they would hurt the consumer as the price of a new car would of course rise. The other factor with seat belts was that consumers, despite its clear safety benefits, were often not wearing them. Enough so that laws had to be passed to force drivers and passengers to wear them. Once the cost hurdle argument about airbags was done, there of course was no problem about "compliance" as the airbags were an automatic safety device. The installation of airbags has certainly reduced injuries and prevented many deaths when there is a car crash.
Do airbags protect you in a car crash?
yes airbags protect you in a car crash
Which is the most effective safety feature if you are in an automobile crash?
Seat belts & air bags.
The airbags have been deployed on a Lincoln ls and now the seatbelts are stuckhow do you release them?
You have to replaced both seat belt tensioners, anytime on most newer car the seat belt tension locks up renders the seat belt useless a safety feature, during front end crash when seat belts are used the tighten up during a crash to keep you from moving forward, after the crash the tensioner are useless and the seat belts have to be replaced.
Why were invented air bags?
Airbags were invented as safety devices. When a vehicle is involved in a crash and the airbags deploy, they offer a cushion between the driver and the steering wheel as between the passengers and the windows.
What role do safety belts play?
Well if you mean seat belts in cars its so you won't fly through the windshield in a car crash.
The average inpatient costs for crash victims who were not using safety belts are higher then for those who were belted?
55%
In a crash safety belts keep?
They keep you in your seat, and not thrown from the car, though the windshield, into the steering wheel, etc.
What speed does and air bag open when hitting another car?
Airbags are designed to deploy only when they might be needed to prevent serious injury. In order for airbags to be effective they must deploy early in a crash; in a frontal crash this typically occurs within the first 50 milliseconds (0.05 seconds). A vehicle's airbag control module relies on feedback from crash sensors to predict whether an event is severe enough to warrant an airbag deployment.Frontal airbags: Frontal airbags are designed to inflate in moderate to severe frontal crashes. Among airbags with advanced features that include a safety belt sensor, there are different inflation thresholds depending on whether people are using their safety belts. One threshold used by airbag designers is "must deploy" which includes a situation such as an impact into a rigid wall of 10-12 mph for unbelted occupants. The "must deploy" threshold is slightly higher - about 16 mph - for belted occupants because the belts alone are likely to provide adequate protection up to these moderate speeds. Frontal airbags may deploy to help protect occupants in side impacts if there is sufficient forward deceleration during the crash. For example, if a vehicle is moving forward at the time of a side impact, frontal airbags can help prevent serious injuries.Advanced airbags compliant with government crash performance standards have been required in all passenger vehicles effective with model year 2007. Advanced airbags are designed to suppress deployment if weight sensors in the seat detect that a front-seat passenger is small or in a child safety seat. Advanced airbags also can deploy at a lower energy level or pressure when passengers are small or out of position, or if the crash is of very low severity.Side airbags: Because of the small space between an occupant and the side of the vehicle, side airbags must deploy very quickly to cushion occupants from intruding vehicles or objects. Some airbags typically deploy within the first 10-20 milliseconds of a side crash. "Must deploy" thresholds can be as low as 8 mph for narrow object crashes (e.g., trees and poles) and 18 mph for the more distributed side crashes (vehicle-to-vehicle crashes). Several auto manufacturers deploy the side airbags in frontal crashes to help control occupant movement during the rebound phase of a crash. Some curtain side airbags may stay inflated longer to protect occupants in rollover crashes. Allowing the airbags to remain inflated or triggering their deployment during a rollover can help prevent full or partial ejection of occupants.Curtorsey: Institute for Highway Safety
What laws or rules prevent or reduce injury in the event of a crash?
I have no idea Iām looking for the answer too
What speed do airbags deploy when you hit a truck for 1997 Mercury Tracer?
The force of the crash must be high enough for the crash sensors to inflate the airbags ( SRS )
