Your Springfield area Hyundai dealer knows that you’re concerned about safety. One of the more useful safety improvements made in the automotive world in the last few years is the advent and increasing popularity of side air bags. Side air bags protect the head, chest or both when an adult is in an accident.
There are three kinds of side air bags. There are side air bags for the chest, ones for the head and combination side air bags that protect both. Head side air bags may be either “curtain” or “tubular.” Curtain side air bags usually protect the rear as well as the front occupants when there is a crash from the side. They also help to keep occupants from being ejected after a rollover.
Side airbags can inflate and deploy in just a fraction of a second. There are sensors within the vehicle that let the vehicle know if it’s been hit from the side. Side air bags differ from frontal air bags in that they can stay inflated for a while during the process of a crash.
Some vehicles have both frontal and side air bags. Since 1998, frontal air bags have been required in cars. Vans, pickups and SUVs were required to have them in 1999 and going forward.
If you want the maximum possible protection in the event of a side crash, consider buying a new car with side air bags.