All You Need to Know Regarding Airbags In New York

Accident News | September 23, 2019

Today’s vehicles offer many new safety components. But seat belts and airbags remain the best options in forestalling fatalities as a result of a collision. In a serious accident, airbags deploy in the front-end or near the front-end.

The United States requires that airbag deployment happens in a crash while in a deceleration of at least 14 miles per hour.

An airbag is like a soft pillow that you can land on if an accident takes place. Since 1998 new cars require front airbags for both the driver and passenger, but many vehicle manufacturers have gone above and beyond and they include up to eight airbags that are located at various places within the automobile. Airbags are thought of as supplemental protection and they are designed to work in tandem with seatbelts.

Airbags also lessen the probability of your head hitting the vehicle’s interior while in an accident. There are also side airbags in most new cars.

On-Off Switch

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration states that there are situations where front airbag deployment is riskier than its safety benefits. These include rear-facing infant restraint, a child who is under 13 with a medical illness, or an adult with a medical illness who is safer because the frontal airbag is turned off. Additionally, an airbag should be turned off when the driver is too small in stature and has to sit very close to the steering wheel.

How Do Airbags Work?

Moving objects create momentum. In other words, an object will continue to go forward into its original destination at a predetermined speed unless it is stopped by outside force. To stop something that is in motion requires powerful force.

When an accident takes place, the car’s momentum will stop because it collides with another car or another object, however, the people that are inside the vehicle will continue going forward until a force causes them to stop.

The goal of an airbag is to assist in stopping the passenger while creating as little injury to him or her as possible. Deployment of airbags must take place within a fraction of a second. The airbag slows the impact without abruptly stopping the person on impact. Because of this, there is less chance of serious injury.

In An Accident, Why Do Airbags Sometimes Do Not Deploy?

There are many reasons why an airbag is not activated after a collision because airbags are not made to deploy during every type of accident.

Here are a few reasons why the airbag doesn’t deploy:

  • It was a minor crash.
  • The passenger airbag may not deploy because there is no one in the passenger seat.
  • Some side airbags may not deploy when there is a lightweight passenger in the right front passenger seat.

Retaining The Services Of A New York Attorney

With a personal injury lawyer on your side, you have an effective way to protect yourself after an accident. If you have been hurt or a loved one was killed in an accident, retain our services to learn more about what your rights are, what your options are, and the most effective way to get the justice you are due.

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