Air bags aren't best, but they are better than the next finest factor. Air bags were actually invented back within the 1950s however it took a long time for them to turn out to be regular equipment or even a widespread accessory for most cars and light trucks. Nowadays almost all cars and light trucks have air bags as standard equipment and not just for front seat passengers.
Air bags do save lives and severe injury to the folks driving and riding in vehicles which are involved in car accidents. There is not any question about it. Nevertheless, the rapid deployment of an air bag may also Cause injury and even death in some circumstances. Air bags are especially harmful to infants, children, and small adults. Recently, manufacturers have begun to offer a button that can prevent the air bag from deploying when a child or tiny adult is riding in the front passenger seat.
The fundamental principle of an air bag which is deployed when a vehicle is impacted would be to prevent the driver's and front seat passenger's heads from hitting parts of the interior of the vehicle and to distribute the force of the impact more evenly across the bodies of the driver and the passengers. It is estimated that fatalities in car accidents have been decreased by as significantly as 46 percent, though accurate figures are elusive.
When a vehicle is impacted, it takes about 1/20 of a second for an air bag to deploy. That's less time than it takes to blink twice. An air bag deflates almost as rapidly as it inflates. Air bags deflate in approximately 3/10 of a second. Airbags are not filled with air, however. They are really filled with a gas. It's pretty obvious why they are not called "gasbags." :)
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