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TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY
AIR BAGS – What do you
know about them?
USE THEM TO YOUR
ADVANTAGE!!
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Did you know ?
• An air bag opens with the greatest force
in the first 3 inches (8cms) of inflation.
Anyone sitting that close to an air bag,
could be seriously injured or killed.
• However, those sitting at least 10 inches
(25 cms) away, will make contact with
the air bag only when it is almost fully
inflated.
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Air Bag Controversy continues
to Inflate!
• Air bags ‘may’ save lives, but, they also
KILL!!
• Pro-Air bag activists admit to some short
comings in design, but are adamant :
Air Bags Save Lives!!!
It is up to us to decide… See what
the statistics show!
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Statistics from North America
• Since 1998, air bags saved the lives of over
5,000 people in North America.
• Air bags + seat belt resulted in preventing
75% serious injuries and fatalities.
• Almost everyone, including, pregnant women
&children 13 and older, are better protected
in front-end collisions by air bags and seatbelts
than by wearing seatbelts alone.
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More statistical data !
• Believe it or not, 1 in every 6 motorists would
happily have their air bags removed. Why?
 Air bags have claimed lives of young children
placed in rear facing child seats, in the front
seat of the vehicle
 Worldwide – Air Bags have killed about 100
people, including young children inappropriately
seated in the front seat beside the driver.
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How do these deaths happen?
• Most Air bags inflate at the rate of about 180
miles per hour. Converted to a punch – it will
do so at a speed of 1/20th of a second.
Force & speed, cause many people to suffer
minor bruises, broken arms and worse, - Death.
• Small children seated in front are suffocated by
air bags. Those seated in rear-facing car seats
and placed up front are crushed between the
air bag and the front seat of the car.
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Increase safety around air bags!
• Children under age 13 should be seated in the
back seat of the vehicle.
• Ensure that the infant and child restraint system,
or the booster cushion, is suited to the child’s
height/weight and properly secured.
• Never install a rear-facing infant restraint in the
front seat of a vehicle equipped with an airbag.
• Never place the seat belt shoulder strap
behind a child’s back or under his/her arm.
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Air Bags are here to Stay
• Despite controversies around
Air Bags … Statistics prove …
They Save Lives !!
Use them to your best
advantage!
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