| Airbags have been all made available for many | | | | safety of the passengers were greatly |
| vehicles for a long time running. In fact, | | | | increased. |
| the United States government has made sure | | | | |
| that these would be made standard for | | | | Of course, airbags should not be considered |
| vehicles. This has become reality for in July | | | | as a replacement to seatbelts. Seatbelts also |
| 11, 1984, the US government has already | | | | serve their own unique purpose in providing |
| required all cars to airbags for the drivers | | | | safety. And this goes true for airbags as |
| side at least. Come 1998, it was later on | | | | well. There are actually various types of |
| mandated that all vehicles should contain | | | | airbags so as to provide proper and enough |
| airbags in the front end of the vehicle. | | | | protection to a vehicles passengers during |
| | | | crashes. There are front side airbags, front |
| Insurance agencies and companies have come up | | | | airbags, passenger side airbags, and even |
| with results that drivers and passengers who | | | | airbags located somewhere on the steering |
| would like to have greater protection during | | | | wheel to assist in keeping the driver in |
| crashes would benefit greatly from side | | | | place and not being thrown off the |
| airbags. In fact, this is just a recent study | | | | windshield. |
| and was reported only last April 15, 2006. | | | | |
| The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety | | | | In fact, it could be deduced that airbags are |
| (IIHS) has also found that, indeed, these | | | | actually supplements to the safety belt |
| side airbags have been beneficial and really | | | | system. What it does is it reduces the chance |
| helpful during side impact crashes. | | | | that the passengers or the drivers head and |
| | | | upper body will strike a part of the vehicles |
| Some of the tests conducted by the IIHS with | | | | interior. Serious injury is also reduced |
| regards to side impact crashes showed that | | | | because these airbags actually distribute |
| majority of vehicles that do not hold such a | | | | crash forces evenly across the body of the |
| safety feature suffered from dislodged seats, | | | | passenger. To support this claim, there is a |
| or had seats that separated from the floor. | | | | recent study that concluded that there are |
| Just imagine riding in a vehicle that would | | | | already some 6000 lives already saved and |
| have dislodged seats because of a side impact | | | | kept safe because of the use of airbags. |
| crash. However, thanks to the side airbags, | | | | |