honest-to-god curmudgeons like me like to tattle about how much freedom nipper had when we were young . We had less supervision , more responsibilities , and the freedom to come and go that our children and grandchild can barely envisage . But there is one surface area we arrest ourselves . When someone says , " When I was a small fry , we did n’t even have seat belt , or laws that said you had to apply them , or airbags . " The next line of work should be " … and we turned out o.k. , " but we stop because weallknow at least one kid whodidn’tturn out fine , who is n’t here to relive those memories . Many childhood dangers are overblown , but dealings accidents are still themost common cause of deathfor youngsters.*And now Ford has what they consider is a good estimation . Inflatable seat beltsfor back seat rider have been in testing for eight years , and will be an option on the 2011 Ford Explorer . The gimmick is a combination of seat belt and airbags , like the inflatable seat belts used on someairplanes . The belts do not balloon unless the front or side airbags are deployed . The advantage of such a system are that it extinguish the risk to tiddler thatfront - seat style airbagspose , because the bags are already agree around the child ’s chest surface area . They also brood a larger domain , whether deployed or not , which will spread the force of an impact and cause less injury from the bash itself than conventional seat belts . And the inflatable belt are more prosperous than established belts , which may lead moreback arse passengersto buckle up .
Ford says that the organization will be available on other models soon after its debut in their new model Explorer . Sure , you’re able to ask the seat belts to total to the vehicle ’s price , but safety characteristic are worth it even if they are never used , peculiarly compared to other option on which we spend one C of dollars .
