Toyota develops world's 1st rear-seat center airbag
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TOKYO —
Toyota Motor Corp has developed a Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) rear-seat center airbag — the first in the world — to help reduce the severity of secondary injuries incurred by rear-seat passengers in a side-on collision.
The new airbag is fitted in a large, fixed, rear-seat center console that comes in a version of a Toyota model to be launched in Japan in the near future, the automaker said. When the vehicle is hit side-on, the airbag deploys from the top of the console to act as a barrier that helps lessen injuries caused by passengers colliding with each other or into the console.
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Disillusioned
Wow! Great invention! however, the dummy is wearing a seatbelt in the back seat! Shame the rest of the dummies in Japan aren't so safety conscious.
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electric2004
So, the car is a 4-seater?
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PepinGalarga
what if someone is sitting right in the middle of both seats? happens all the time.
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bebert
More weight, more cost, lower fuel economy.
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ebisen
bebert - how about using the thing between you ears for a while and think that these airbags SAVE LIVES !! What kind of eco-maniac will care about fuel savings suggesting reducing the number of airbags because of their added weight??
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Yelnats
I want to test it out.
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