What are advanced airbags in a car?

Answer 1

wow...some confused answers.

Advanced Airbags:
The airbag can deploy at 2 levels depending on the position and weight of the occupant. High output is the same as older designs. Low output is designed for smaller occupants or "out-of-position" occupants.

Advanced Airbag Sensors:
Systems such as PODS are used to determine the size of an occupant, if the occupant is out of position, or if a child seat is being used. It is basically a weight distribution sensor in the seat.
This affects whether the airbag deploys with full output, low output, or possibly not at all.

Old airbag systems were designed to protect a large, unbelted man in a moderate frontal crash...per Government regulations.
New airbag systems require that they still meet this criteria but also not harm a small, out-of-position woman along with other similar criteria. This results in "dual-stage" advanced airbags because a single output cannot meet all criteria.

The biggest issue in the U.S. is that federal requirements require that airbag systems protect unbelted occupants. European and Japanese governmental requirements require occupants be belted and do not place the burden on the carmaker. This allows airbags in Europe and Japan to be much less powerful and less potentially harmful to small or out-of-position occupants all of the time...and be less costly.

Answer 2

Advanced Air Bags in a vehicle are air bags that deploy only when it reach certain criteria like speed at which the car was moving before the impact, the deployment sensors which includes g-sensors - that calculates the inertia and force at which the vehicle have if it would have a sudden stop, and it also deploys according to the magnitude of impact in relation to the weight of the passenger or driver. If a child sits in front of a car, the air bag will not deploy because of the weight sensors on the seat. Advanced airbags include side or rear impact deployment mechanism and applied to different types of air bag such as side curtain air bags, front beam air bag in addition to steering wheel and dashboard air bags. Old airbag system deploys even when you can be safe with a seat belt collision meaning a collision at which your seat belt can restrain you from harm.

Answer 3

Advanced Airbags are car airbabs (Safety Restraint System) that activate to protect you when the front of the car is hit in a collision. Side airbags are set to activate when the vehicle is hit on the side. Advanced Airbags can also detect when the car is rolling over. They don't hurt the occupant when they inflate and the force of inflation depends on the collision. Its all about sensors and computer chips in the car lol.

Answer 4

Basically "Many advanced air bag technologies are being developed to tailor air bag deployment to the severity of the crash, the size and posture of the vehicle occupant, belt usage and how close that person is to the air bag module"

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Answer 5

The newer ones will deploy at different rates depending on the severity of the crash. The old ones would deploy at a single rate only.

Hope you never have to find out.
good luck.

Answer 6

I believe they are designed to deploy with less force as to reduce the risk of injury to the occupant.

Answer 7

They will save your life you might get a black eye but you will be walking above ground, hope this helps.