When we are out driving on our daily commute, we expect to get to work and return home without being involved in an accident and sustaining a minor or life threatening injury. Unfortunately, there are some automobile drivers, who get into the driver seat under the influence of drugs. Most of us know that this […]
In today’s Digital Age, it’s easy to become inextricably linked to one’s phone. People want to stay in contact with others at all times, except when they are sleeping. People want to check the Web and their email as the number of apps for smartphones continues to skyrocket. People also want to send and receive […]
Airbags can be lifesavers when they deploy correctly, do not shred, impact your body squarely, etc. However, the technology behind them has proven to be far more tricky than most auto manufacturers have anticipated, and the number of problems with airbags and the quantity of lawsuits that have resulted are numerous. About 2.5% of drivers […]
No one would argue for the removal of airbags from vehicles. They have saved too many lives over the years, more than 25,000 between 1975, when they were first used, to 2007. That’s an average of nearly 1,000 people per year, whose families are surely grateful for the invention of the airbag. However, other studies […]
Since its invention in the 1950s, the airbag has been both hailed as a lifesaver and criticized as an injury-causer. Here are a few facts about the history of the airbag and the lessons that can be drawn from the development of this technology. A Brief Timeline of the Airbag 1951—German engineer Walter Linderer designs […]