The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is notoriously slow to act. How slow? Well, it's been studying 50 million airbags in 13 kinds of cars for eight years with no decision.
BMW 6 Series gets 6 Safety airbags for all occupants. These six airbags include side airbags, curtain airbags at rear and front to ensure maximum safety in case of collision.
Motorcycle airbag vests – also called an airvests – are an added layer of safety designed to protect critical upper body regions such as the spine, chest, neck, and abdomen. It activates in ...
Some of the airbags contained faulty inflators which expanded with too much force, spraying metal shrapnel. US-based Key Safety Systems (KSS) has bought all of Takata's assets, apart from those ...
A company that supplies airbag parts to about one-quarter of US vehicles has rejected a request to recall its defective product. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA ...
However, seatbelts are only one part of the picture when it comes to keeping a vehicle’s occupants safe in the event of a crash; airbags are the other major safety device that serves this purpose.