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2. Impact attenuator - Wikipedia

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   A crash cushion installed on a motorway exit in Italy. An impact attenuator, also known as a crash cushion, crash attenuator, or cowboy cushion, is a device intended to reduce the damage to structures, vehicles, and motorists resulting from a motor vehicle collision. Impact attenuators are designed to absorb the colliding vehicle's kinetic energy.

3. Airbag - Wikipedia

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   During a crash, the vehicle's crash sensors provide crucial information to the airbag electronic controller unit (ECU), including collision type, angle, and severity of impact. Using this information, the airbag ECU's crash algorithm determines if the crash event meets the criteria for deployment and triggers various firing circuits to deploy ...

4. Life net - Wikipedia

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   Another piece of equipment, which started to phase out the life net (especially in European countries, such as Austria and Germany) are inflatable jumping cushions, which absorb the energy of a person due to the air inside the cushion being forced out by the impact.

5. Flail space model - Wikipedia

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   The flail space model (FSM) is a model of how a car passenger moves in a vehicle that collides with a roadside feature such as a guardrail or a crash cushion.Its principal purpose is to assess the potential risk of harm to the hypothetical occupant as he or she impacts the interior of the passenger compartment and, ultimately, the efficacy of an experimental roadside feature undergoing full ...

6. Air Cushion Restraint System - Wikipedia

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   The Air Cushion Restraint System ... The only reported fatality was an unrestrained infant killed in a crash when the passenger's side airbag deployed in one of the ...

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8. 3 Winter Sleep Problems & How to Fix Them - AOL

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   Winter brings less daylight and colder temperatures, which can disrupt sleep. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is more common in winter due to the lack of sunlight, causing sleep disturbances.

9. Dean Sicking - Wikipedia

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   Sicking holds 30 patents, [2] the five most significant of which are: the first energy absorbing guardrail terminal, [3] the first crash cushion without sacrificial energy absorbents, [4] the first guardrail capable of containing large SUV's, [5] a trailer mounted impact attenuator, [6] and NASCAR's Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER ...