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Well, that was fun while it lasted. Today my "new" RV was totaled in a head-on collision with a woman who had lost control of her car and spun into my lane. She had been forced out of her lane by a ...
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to each his own I guess on air bags. I'll take them, save way more lives than not having them. Like many things they aren't perfect and o have downsides. Part of the issue is that in the U.S. the airbag must provide protection assuming a seat belt is NOT used. In europe, the assumption is the seat belt IS used and the airbag is an adjuct to the seatbelt. Makes a big difference in air bag design and side effects. Both my cars also have squibs in the seat belts so that when a collision is detected the squib goes off pulling the seatbelt very tight preventing one from going forward untill an inertia latch catches and then puts even higher forces on the body. I wish the truck also had the seat belt squibs.
They have been used since 1990 with very good safety record, to bad very few automakers bother to use them.
They have been used since 1990 with very good safety record, to bad very few automakers bother to use them.
