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* Overall, air bags are effective in saving lives.
As of 4/1/2000 about 5,000 lives (NHTSA)
* Certain occupants may be “at risk” when too close to deploying air bag
* Recent air bags with de-powering, dual stage inflation, etc., have reduced the problem
Occupants Most “At Risk” from Air Bags
* Small drivers with seat positioned near air bag module.
* Unbelted child passengers sitting near the air bag and/or with pre-crash events.
* Infants in rear-facing CSS’s placed near or against the air bag, due to configuration.
Air Bags and Infants in Rear-Facing Child Seats (RFCSS)
* 18 infants in RFCSS’s killed by air bags, projected 15 killed annually with 98 fleet.
* Even “low” inflation air bags may be hazardous to infants in RFCSS’s
* Back seat safest but parents still place infants in front seat with air bags despite warnings
Reasons Parents Place Infants in the Front Seat – Fraser Group Study
* 59% felt that infants in RFCSS’s in the back seat are very distracting and 31% somewhat distracting.
* 69% felt that it was much easier to care for infants in RFCSS’s in the front seat and 25% somewhat easier.
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