An airbag or supplemental inflatable restraint is a vehicle occupant-restraint system using a bag designed to inflate in milliseconds during a collision and then deflate afterwards. It consists of an airbag cushion, a flexible fabric bag, an inflation module, and an impact sensor. The purpose of the airbag is to provide a vehicle occupant with soft cushioning and restraint during a collision. It can reduce injuries between the flailing occupant and the vehicle’s interior. The airbag provides an energy-absorbing surface between the vehicle’s occupants and a steering wheel, instrument panel, body pillar, headliner, and windshield. Modern vehicles may contain up to ten airbag modules in various configurations, including driver, passenger, side-curtain, seat-mounted, door-mounted, B- and C-pillar mounted side-impact, knee bolster, inflatable seat belt, and pedestrian airbag modules. The first commercial designs were introduced in passenger automobiles during the 1970s. These designs saw limited success and caused some fatalities.[5] Broad commercial adoption of airbags occurred in many markets during the late 1980s and early 1990s. We celebrate this lifesaving car safety feature with an image of a Mercedes Benz from the 80s that was the first with an airbag …
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