He suffered a hearing loss for two days, though no long-term health damage. This is important information for fire fighters, paramedics, law enforcement, mechanics, and vehicle owners. Air bags save lives. Air bags have been required equipment since 1995 and the technology has been changing rapidly. There are four car models that have ten air bags in them.
Some cars have air bags that are six feet long.
They deploy at 3000 pounds per square inch. The technology exists to put 21 air bags in cars and to put an air bag on a motorcycle. The Ford Motor Company is studying the feasibility of putting an air bag on the front hood of a vehicle to protect any pedestrian that might be struck by the car. Emergency responders arriving at the scene think that the air bag has gone off, so they let their guard down. Air bags are designed to deploy when frontal crashes occur at 14 to 18 miles per hour.