Air bags and safety

Consumers ask questions -
The Personal Insurance answers

Q: When do air bags inflate?
A: Air bags are designed to deploy in a front-end crash. They are not designed to inflate in rear-end, rollover crashes or in most side crashes.

Q: What can we expect of air bag systems in the future?
A: To reduce the incidence of air bag induced injury, motor vehicle manufacturers are developing “smart” air bags. The next generation of air bag systems will probably have proximity sensors that gauge how close an occupant is to the air bag module and will be equipped with warning systems that signal when someone is too close - for instance, when a driver has fallen asleep and is slumped over the steering wheel.