Do you know the advantages and disadvantages of airbags? As a vehicle parts supplier, I’d like to share it with you.

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The Advantages of Airbags

The airbag can evenly distribute the impact force on the head and chest, prevent the fragile passenger body from directly colliding with the car body, and greatly reduce the possibility of injury. Airbags can indeed effectively protect passengers when they are subjected to a frontal impact. Even if the seat belts are not fastened, the anti-collision airbags are still sufficient to effectively reduce injuries. When a car equipped with airbags has a frontal collision, it can reduce the degree of passenger injury by up to 64%, and even 80% of the passengers are not wearing seat belts! As for collisions from the side and rear seats, it still depends on the function of the seat belt. In addition, the volume when the airbag bursts is only about 130 decibels, which is within the tolerable range of the human body. 78% of the gas in the airbag is nitrogen, which is very stable and non-toxic, and harmless to the human body. The powder that is brought out when it bursts is to maintain the airbag The lubricating powder that does not stick together in the folded state is also harmless to the human body.

The Disadvantages of Airbags

Airbags also have their unsafe side. If a car is traveling at a speed of 60km per hour, a sudden impact will stop the vehicle within 0.2 seconds, and the airbag will pop up at a speed of about 300km/h, and the resulting impact force is about 180 kg. It is difficult to bear the weaker parts of the human body such as the head and neck. Therefore, if the angle and strength of the airbag ejection are slightly wrong, it may cause a "tragedy".

1. The airbag may be opened at very low vehicle speeds. When a car is running at a very low speed and a collision accident occurs, the occupants and the driver can wear seat belts, and there is no need for airbags to deploy for protection. If the airbag is deployed at this time, it will cause unnecessary waste, and it may even aggravate the collision injury due to the deployment of the airbag.

2. The activation of the airbag will cause injury to the occupants. When the airbag system is activated, it will open the airbag cover and inflate in an instant, which is likely to cause an impact on the occupants; the hot gas generated will also burn the occupants and the driver.

3. When the passenger deviates from the seat or there is no one on the seat or the child is on the seat, the activation of the airbag system will not only fail to protect it, but may also cause a certain amount of injury to the occupant.

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