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Child Injuries

7/9/2008
Jim Dodson
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No Child Airbag Fatalities for Second Year in a Row
For the second year in a row, there were no confirmed air bag related fatalities among children in the United States.  This is according to the biannual report released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).  NHTSA, a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has been maintaining air bag fatality statistics since 1990.
 
I believe there are several reasons for this steady downward trend:
 
 1)  Parents are more aware and better educated, either through vehicle safety courses or public service campaigns, so they are taking precautions to secure children better, such as putting children in the backseat or utilizing rear-facing child safety seats,
 
 2)  Automobile manufacturers are installing switches, both manual and automatic, that turn off the passenger-side airbag eliminating the threat of injury from airbag deployment, and
 
  3) The U.S. Government has taken a proactive approach in investigating accidents involving air bag deployment and continues to compile data that all can use to improve vehicle safety. 
 
As an actively practicing personal injury attorney, I still must caution that air bags alone cannot prevent auto accident injuries, the airbag is only one piece of the puzzle, and works best when combined with proper seatbelt usage, and responsible safe driving habits.
 
 
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