Posted on 11/23/2021
Today's vehicles are safer and better designed than they've ever been. There are various techniques and designs provided to protect both drivers and passengers in a vehicle accident. Your airbags are a part of a rather complex system of sensors and computers called the Supplemental Restraint System, also known as SRS. These detectors are all over your vehicle. They calculate various things like where passengers are seated, how much they weigh, and the speed and direction of an impact of a crash. The SRS computer considers all this information and determines if and when an airbag needs to be deployed. An airbag has to be inflated very promptly to offer maximum protection. However, the effects of it can be very damaging if deployed at the wrong time. That's why the SRS computer will do its best to trigger the airbag in only life-threatening circumstances. Severe, direct, side, and front collisions and vehicle rollovers are more likely to expand your airbags. There a ... read more