STARTLE REACTION TO AIR-BAG RESTRAINTS

Air bags in vehicles constitute a means of passive restraint for individuals involved in auto accidents. There is fear, however, that the inadvertent nonaccident- connected deployment of one of these air bags might substantially interfere with the handling of a vehicle in which such deployment occurred. We have found that while physiologic and physical evidence of startle accompanies such unexpected deployment, good control of the vehicle continues to be exercised by the test subjects under the conditions of our experimental protocol.

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  American Medical Association

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• Authors:
  • Ziperman, H H
  • Smith, G R
• Publication Date: 1975-8-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 436-440
• Serial:
  • JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
  • Volume: 233
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Medical Association
  • ISSN: 0098-7484
  • Serial URL: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Automated vehicle control; Drivers; Passive restraint systems; Reaction time; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Passive protection devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125360
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 3 1975 12:00AM