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Featured Stories- January 01, 2018 52
Airbags are advanced enough to protect a passenger at nearly every possible angle of a crash. Hyundai and parts supplier company Hyundia Mobis are pioneering a new kind of airbag, for panoramic sunroofs.
Panoramic Sunroof Airbag
According to a video released by the company the system prevented the passenger from being flung out of the car and cushioned the impact on the head. Serious injury likely to result in the death of the passenger were reduced to minor injuries. The airbag inflates in 0.08 seconds and will go off even if the sunroof is closed. Watch the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=DKPGDI0FQS0...
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News News Releases Safety Community- May 11, 2016 101
In what has become the largest recall in U.S history, The Department of Transportation (DOT) has ordered automotive parts company Takata to recall 35-40 million airbags. The vehicles are being recalled based on recent data provided by three independent testing groups and DOT experts. These recalls are in addition to the 28.8 million airbags Takata has already recalled. The expansions are to take place in phases between May 2016 and December 2019. The faulty airbags are already responsible for ten deaths and more than 100 injuries in the United States alone. There have been two deaths related to...
