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Airbag(s) mounted to the exterior of vehicles, so-called "pedestrian airbags", are designed to reduce injuries in the event of a vehicle to a pedestrian collision. [100] When a collision is detected the airbag will deploy and cover hard areas, such as a-pillars [101] and bonnet edges, before they can be struck by the pedestrian. [102]
It was amended to specify performance requirements for anthropomorphic test dummies seated in the front outboard seats of passenger cars and of certain multi-purpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses, including the active and passive restraint systems.
Seat belt legislation requires the fitting of seat belts to motor vehicles and the wearing of seat belts by motor vehicle occupants to be mandatory. Laws requiring the fitting of seat belts to cars have in some cases been followed by laws mandating their use, with the effect that thousands of deaths on the road have been prevented.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. regulator said on Wednesday it still believes that air bag inflators in 49 million U.S. vehicles assembled by 13 automakers pose serious safety risks and it is ...
The first airbag was also installed in a Japanese car, the Honda Legend, in 1987. [57] In 1988, Chrysler was the first United States company to install standard driver's side air bags, in six of its passenger models. [58] In 1989, Chrysler became the first U.S. auto manufacturer to install driver-side air bags in all its domestic-built ...
The parent company of Chrysler and Dodge is recalling a total of 318,000 vehicles over air bag parts that can potentially shatter and cause injury.
Seat-belt laws were what truly got us to buckle up, though. ... and advancing safety features in cars, from airbags to technology like lane-departure warnings, mean our road trips are still safer ...
Although agencies need not consider every possible alternative, requiring air bags was an obvious option since that was part of the original regulations. The fact that the car companies, which "waged the regulatory equivalent of war" against airbags, would try to evade the regulations was not a reason to repeal them. [13]