Vehicle Safety
June 19th, 2006 by admin
Side Impact Airbags
The all new Chevrolet Impala and Toyota Avalon have
received some of the highest side impact crash ratings. The secret to their success is the new side impact airbags that were installed. The Impala and the Avalon both endured side impacts from an SUV size car.
With these new tests coming out positive, it looks as though side impact air bags may become standardized in more vehicles.
Impala and Avalon are star performers: The side structures of these two cars performed reasonably well in resisting intrusion from the striking barrier during the crash test. Both cars are equipped with standard curtain-style side airbags designed to protect the heads of people in both front and rear seats.
The Impala and Avalon designs were also tested without the air bags and scored very poor in the tests. When an SUV hits a small to mid-sized car in the side, sometimes the SUV actually breaks the barrier and the drivers head hit by the oncoming car, thus causing extensive head injuries.
Hopefully we’ll see these side airbags being put in more and more cars.
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Posted on Monday, June 19th, 2006 at 6:26 am
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