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Originally Posted by jokuvaan
I have heard also, that airbags in the USA are bigger and more powerfull because of poor seat belt use.
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That simply is not true. The first generation of air bag systems from Ford (and I believe GM and Chrsyler as well) were designed that way, but since the mid 90's the air bags are deployed based on the seat belt tension. If there is no tension on the belt, the air bag will deploy with maximum force to protect an occupant who is not belted in. Otherwise, the bag rarely deploys like that.