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Airbags vs. explosive seatbelt pre-tensioners
Posted by Rod M [Email] (more from Rod M) on Mon, 26 Jan 2004 09:08:30
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Anybody know if any studies have been done comparing the merits of these two safety devices? We have the explosive pre-tensioners (but no airbag) in my wife's 88 9kT and vice versa in my 95 9kCSE.
Obviously the airbag wins hands down if you are not wearing your seatbelt, but my gut feeling is that for somebody totally anal about wearing their seatbelt at all times (like me) the explosive pre-tensioners might do more to prevent injury in an accident.
This came up because we tested a 2002 9-5 at the weekend. Very nice car, but it did have a lot of clutch travel, which meant my wife (at 5'4") had to sit pretty close to the steering wheel - in her case would pre-tensioners work better?
Just curious.
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