Does anytime you thought about how airbags in car work?
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Answer:
yes when our car get hit by a upcoming vehicle the sensor do its job and saves our life by the means of air bags
Explanation:
You are driving to work on a sunny morning. The drive takes you through a busy intersection where there is rarely a break in oncoming, left-turning traffic. Drivers wishing to turn left often end up accelerating dangerously to try to squeeze through small gaps between oncoming vehicles. As you approach the intersection heading straight, you see an oncoming car waiting to turn left. The left-turning car accelerates and attempts the turn just as you enter the intersection. You slam on the brakes but there is not enough time to stop and the front of your car hits the passenger side of the other vehicle. You feel your seatbelt tighten and hear a loud sound as the driver airbag opens. Both safety features do their job, and you are able to walk away from the crash with little more than a few bruises. You know that if you had hit the windshield or steering column, the outcome would have been much worse.
In the event of a crash, airbags offer added protection to the most vulnerable parts of the human body: the head, neck, and chest. Airbags work with the seatbelt to lessen and safely distribute the various forces that act on vehicle occupants when they are involved in a collision.
What are airbags?
Airbags are passive safety features designed to mitigate or prevent injuries among drivers and passengers in the event of a crash. Airbags provide added protection to seatbelts. For example, in higher-speed crashes, a seatbelt alone may not prevent a driver’s head from hitting the steering column. The deployment of a airbag protects the head and upper body of the driver, and reduces some of the force exerted on the driver by the seatbelt.
Airbags are strong fabric bags that are folded and concealed behind various parts inside of the vehicle. Many vehicles in Canada have a driver airbag in the steering column and a front- passenger airbag in the dashboard. Newer vehicles may also have side-airbags located in the interior side panels, the roof, or the doors. When a crash occurs that is strong enough to trigger airbag deployment, a signal is sent from the airbag sensor to a small igniter to fill the airbag, which forces the bag out of its module. In the event that anyone in the vehicle is forced forward or to the side, they will come into contact with the airbag instead of the hard vehicle interior.
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When are airbags useful?
Airbags are useful whenever you experience a sudden reduction in speed. The usefulness of airbags is evidenced by the number of lives saved. By 2013, it has been estimated that airbags have saved 39,886 lives since their inception (National Center for Statistics and Analysis 2015). Situations where airbags would benefit vehicle occupants include the following:
A large animal runs into the road ahead of you and a collision is unavoidable.
While turning left out of a parking lot, your vehicle is struck by another driver.
A fatigued, oncoming driver falls asleep and drifts into your lane, causing a crash.
Airbags are most likely to deploy in frontal crashes, since the type of deceleration they are designed to detect most often occurs when a vehicle is hit head-on or nearly head-on. However, airbags may deploy in other crashes as long as the deceleration is fast enough in the right direction. For example, a side-collision would not generally cause airbags to deploy, but if the vehicle is struck hard enough and the vehicle is going fast enough to decelerate in a relatively straight line, the frontal airbag could still deploy.