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Bookmark or Share- Airbags - IIHS-HLDIAirbags are inflatable cushions built into a vehicle that protect occupants from hitting the vehicle interior or objects outside the vehicle (for example, other vehicles or trees) during a collision. The instant a crash begins, sensors start to measure impact severity.
- How do airbags work? - Explain that StuffAirbags are very simple but also amazingly clever, because they have to open up at over 300 km/h (200mph)—faster than a car can crash! Let's take a closer look at how they work.
- Airbag - WikipediaAn airbag is a vehicle occupant-restraint system using a bag designed to inflate in milliseconds during a collision and then deflate afterwards. [1] . It consists of an airbag cushion, a flexible fabric bag, an inflation module, and an impact sensor.
- Vehicle Air Bags and Injury Prevention - NHTSALearn about the safety benefits of frontal and side airbags and how to safely position yourself and passengers to avoid an airbag related injury.
- How Airbags Work | HowStuffWorksLike seat belts, the concept of the airbag -- a soft pillow to land against in a crash -- has been around for many years. The first patent on an inflatable crash-landing device for airplanes was filed during World War II. In the 1980s, the first commercial airbags appeared in automobiles.
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