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What does airbag mean?
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airbag (Noun) A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosivedecomposition of sodium azide , quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.
airbag (Noun) A person who talks too much; a windbag or gossip.
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airbag A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head.
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An Airbag is a part of the safety restraint system in cars. Airbags are bags that rapidly fill with air when an accident happens. That way they can prevent injuries that occur because the driver hit a hard object.
An airbag is a useful vehicle safety device. Airbags are used in the world increasingly because in accidents, it can help passengers reduce shock.
When the sensor feels a strong shock, the gas device explodes. This gas fills the bag immediately.
History of airbags.
An American inventor, Dr. Allen S. Breed, then invented and developed a key component for automotive use. Breed Corporation then marketed this innovation first in 1967 to Chrysler. A similar "Auto-Ceptor" crash-restraint, developed by Eaton, Yale & Towne Inc. for Ford was soon offered as an automatic safety system in the USA. The Italian Eaton-Livia company offered a variant with localized air cushions.
The first patent on an inflatable crash-landing device for airplanes was filed during World War II. In the 1980s, the first commercial airbags appeared in automobiles. Since model year 1998, all new cars sold in the United States have been required to have airbags on both driver and passenger sides. To date, statistics show that airbags reduce the risk of dying in a direct frontal crash by about 30 percent. Today, some cars have six or even eight airbags.
How airbags work.
First, moving objects have momentum (the product of the mass and the velocity of an object). If an outside force acts on an object, the
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