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Chris.Todd · 06-06-2005, 08:43 AM

This is a complete tragedy, and sadly one that is primarily a US problem. In Europe, Australia, and other parts of the world airbags are designed to work in conjunction with seat belts. In the US as I understand it, the airbags must be designed to work independent of restraining devices such as seat belts. Therefore airbags in cars in the US are much bigger and have to open much faster than airbags in cars sold in other parts of the world.
The resulting size and ferocity of these safety devices are ironically the cause of so many needless deaths and injuries to our most fragile.

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Chris.Todd 1.4 Liter Trubocharged ECOTEC Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 64	Re: Study: Air bags endanger young teens in front car seat This is a complete tragedy, and sadly one that is primarily a US problem. In Europe, Australia, and other parts of the world airbags are designed to work in conjunction with seat belts. In the US as I understand it, the airbags must be designed to work independent of restraining devices such as seat belts. Therefore airbags in cars in the US are much bigger and have to open much faster than airbags in cars sold in other parts of the world. The resulting size and ferocity of these safety devices are ironically the cause of so many needless deaths and injuries to our most fragile.