Quotes about airbags (15 Quotes)


    Faith does not protect you. Medicine and airbags... Those are the things that protect you. God does not protect you. Intelligence protects you. Enlightenment. Put your faith in something with tangible results. How long has it been since someone walked on water? Modern miracles belong to science.. Computers, vaccines, space stations... Even the devine miracle of creation. Matter from nothing... In a lab. Who needs God? No! Science is God!

    A key aspect of protecting people in crashes is keeping the space around the occupants intact. Then the safety belts and airbags can prevent significant injuries, even in very serious crashes. This is what happened in the Tundra, but not in the F-150.

    Usually when an automaker doesn't ask for the optional test, we presume it means the side airbags wouldn't help much to improve the car's rating. But now Ford has requested a second test, so the Fusion with side airbags may earn a better rating than poor. We'll conduct the test and report the result.

    We can do a lot more in our everyday lives to prevent brain injuries. I'd like to see everyone here, when they buy that next car, make sure it has side airbags. And make sure kids under 15 always wear a helmet for bike riding, skateboarding, rollerblading. We could save a life a day just by doing that.



    Side airbags with head protection and electronic stability control are in a class of safety feature that is extremely rare, ... These are features that reduce the risk of death by significant margins.

    In this lawsuit, the city is alleging that guns that fail to incorporate safety systems that prevent their use by children and other unauthorized users are unreasonably dangerous in design, ... Just as car manufacturers have been held liable for failing to install seat belts and airbags, gun makers should be liable for failing to install feasible safety systems to prevent serious injuries and deaths.

    Side airbags can protect the head, but if the vehicle structure doesn't hold up well then serious injuries to other body regions still can occur. With better structures along with the side airbags, the performances of these vehicles would improve.

    Safety should not be a luxury that only comes standard on high-end models, ... If side airbags aren't included in a popular option package, most people won't get them.

    One surprise was the performance of the Volvo S80, which suffered about 500 in body damage to the front end during a flat barrier crash. But in addition, both airbags deployed during the test, ... As a result, there was an additional 4,500 in repair bills.


    In the past, cars from Hyundai often didn't perform as well as many competitors in our safety tests. Structure is the key to providing good protection in a frontal crash because if the occupant compartment buckles or crumples, the safety belts and airbags

    The heads of both dummies were protected from being hit by any hard structures, including the intruding test barrier. Side airbags, especially those designed to protect the head, are key in reducing risks to people in side impacts. The Institute's test represents a crash in which the striking vehicle has a tall front end like a pickup or SUV, so head protection is critical.

    Earning a 'double best pick' is a rare achievement, ... The only other vehicle to have done this is the Toyota RAV4, a small SUV, and then only when it was equipped with optional side airbags.

    In each of the top-performing minivans, the curtain airbags did a good job of keeping the dummies' heads from being struck by the intruding barrier. This is important because head injuries are factors in many serious side impact crashes, especially when the striking vehicle is a pickup or SUV with a tall front end.



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