http://www.lawyerseek.com/Practice/Product-Liability-C2/Airbag-Injuries-P29/News/ About Airbags Airbags were created as safety features to be included in cars and trucks and gained widespread use beginning in the 1980s. Airbags are designed to rapidly inflate when the vehicle is involved in a collision in order to prevent passengers in the car from hitting the dashboard, steering wheel or the windshield. Airbags are meant to be an additional safety feature, to be used in conjunction with a seatbelt, to increase the likelihood of surviving an accident. Due to many lives being saved by airbags in high-speed front-end collisions, driver and passenger side airbags have become ... en-us http://www.lawyerseek.com/Practice/Product-Liability-C2/Airbag-Injuries-P29/News/Wall Street Journal reports that more than 450,000 Chinese-made tires may lack an important safety feature. http://www.lawyerseek.com/Practice/Product-Liability-C2/Airbag-Injuries-P29/News/Wall Street Journal reports that more than 450,000 Chinese-made tires may lack an important safety feature