variants
or air bag
: a bag that is inflated with air typically for use as a cushion or safety device
especially
: such a bag installed in an automobile as a safety device designed to inflate automatically in case of collision
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But the human motivation to protect ourselves pushed engineers, designers, and policy makers to make ever safer vehicles, creating airbags (which save an additional 2,756 people annually), antilock brakes, and dozens of smaller but important safety innovations.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Ed's Driveway: Kia Niro EV 01:45 Kia is recalling more than 80,000 electric and hybrid vehicles in the United States because of improper airbag and seat belt deployment, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Saturday.
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2025
Frequent adjustments to the front passenger seat may pose a serious safety risk by damaging wiring beneath the seat that controls critical features such as the airbag and seat belts, the automaker said in a report filed to NHTSA.
—Insiya Gandhi, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2025
Wang predicted that high-level intelligent driving will become an essential feature in automobiles, much like seat belts and airbags, within the next three years.
—Hassan Tayir, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Ed's Driveway: Kia Niro EV 01:45 Kia is recalling more than 80,000 electric and hybrid vehicles in the United States because of improper airbag and seat belt deployment, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Saturday.
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2025
Frequent adjustments to the front passenger seat may pose a serious safety risk by damaging wiring beneath the seat that controls critical features such as the airbag and seat belts, the automaker said in a report filed to NHTSA.
—Insiya Gandhi, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2025
Wang predicted that high-level intelligent driving will become an essential feature in automobiles, much like seat belts and airbags, within the next three years.
—Hassan Tayir, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Airbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airbag. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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