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Advantage Safety airbags (Airbags)

The development of airbags began with the idea of ​​a system to protect drivers and vehicle occupants during an accident. The history of airbags is long. Today, airbags are mandatory in new cars and are designed to act as an additional safety device in addition to the seat belt.

Airbags became readily available by the end of 1980, although they were invented and patented in 1953. The automotive industry began research on the airbag back in 1950. They encountered many more difficulties in the development of airbag than expected. Crash tests show that to be useful, the airbag itself should be positioned in a particular place and open within 40 milliseconds.

The system must also be able to detect the difference between a serious accident and insignificant bump of the vehicle to another object. These technological difficulties developed during this thirty year period between the first patent of airbags and the implementation of airbags in all vehicles. Airbags can help to save lives in the event of a collision.

The benefits of airbags far outweigh the disadvantages. Time is critical in the ability of the air bag to save lives in a frontal collision. Airbags must be able to open within a few milliseconds as mentioned earlier. It should needs to be prevented from opening during regular driving or during minor accidents. Therefore, the first component in the airbag system is a sensor that can detect the crash site and immediately trigger the deployment of airbags.