AIR BAGS: A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH

This pamphlet holds that air bags can save more lives and prevent more injuries than any other auto safety device known today. It presents opinions that it considers to be false and counteracts them with known facts. The following opinions are listed as fictitious: air bags can inflate inadvertently; they have not been adequately tested; they are unnecessary; they only work in one kind of crash; sodium azide which inflates the air bags is hazardous; they are hazardous to children in crashes; car buyers do not want them; and they are expensive.

• Corporate Authors:

  Insurance Information Institute

  110 William Street
  New York, NY  United States  10038
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 9 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Costs; Hazards; Highway safety; Passive restraint systems; Testing
• Subject Areas: Finance; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391313
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 074
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM