The following articles contain important information about the danger of airbags and why they were originally mandated.
1. The Competitive Enterprise Institute published an article that discussed the assumptions under which Congress mandated airbags.
2. Dr Leonard Evans, auto safety expert, published this article on airbags in the Washington Times. His opinion is that all airbags should be optional. (his own opinion - not GM's opinion).
3. A fascinating article about the cost benefit analysis of airbags , and particularly passenger airbags by Dr. John Graham of the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis with links to his testimony before National Transportation Safety Board’s Supplemental Restraint Panel in 1997.
4. Lawsuit filed for death from a next generation airbag
5. An interesting article on airbag history
6. For The Proposed rule for Advanced Airbags (Standard No. 208, Occupant Crash Protection, to require advanced air bags) which recently was extended to give manufacturers until 2012 to make airbags that are safe for short-statured occupants and children.
7. An article on the new airbag
technologies in design and being tried to make airbags
safer
(Note
the quote by Steve Kozak, Manager of Restraints and Seats at
Ford Motor Co. explaining how infrequently airbag
deployments may be necessary in the real world: "Less
than 2 percent of the accidents happen at 30 miles an hour
or greater,")
9. Article on the airbag danger and history of airbags by Malcolm Gladwell dated 8/27/02
8. Some photos of common airbag injuries: (killer airbags website of Eastern Forensic Consultants)
9. Evenflow article on airbags
10. Excerpts from the book "Traffic Safety" by Dr Leonard Evans of Science Serving Society, dated Aug 2004
11. Recent Articles in the Louisville Courier Journal on Airbags:
1. Driving
safely with air bags dated 9/16/04
2. Head
Off air-bag injuries, dated
9/16/04
Other Articles:
A. Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY 09/29/2002
B. USA Today has a good overall summary of airbag history and related articles. Click here to see them. You can visit the USA Today website and see if your vehicle is one of the 1 million recalled so far in 2002. (as of 10/1/02) by clicking here.
C. THE WASHINGTON TIMES NEWSPAPER THOSE NOT-SO-SMART AIR BAGS Monday, February 14, 2000 by Eric Peters
D. Washington Times Newspaper EDITORIAL Air bags and hot air February 11, 2000
E. New Air Bags May Fail Crash Test
By CATHERINE STRONG the Associated Press AP-NY-06-10-99 1803EDT
WASHINGTON (AP)
F. Drivers Detail Air Bag Horrors By CATHERINE STRONG WASHINGTON (AP)
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