What is the major concern with airbags?
An airbag can seriously injure or even kill an unbuckled child who is sitting too close to it or is thrown toward the dash during emergency braking.
Can you sue for airbag injuries?
To succeed in a personal injury lawsuit that involves a defective airbag, you must prove that: The airbag manufacturer was negligent (the airbag should have deployed but did not; and the failure to deploy was due to a defect, either in design or manufacturing);
Will an airbag deploy if the seatbelt is not on?
The airbag light in a vehicle ties into this system. However, in many vehicles, the airbags will still deploy whether or not an occupant is fastened by a safety belt. Unfortunately for the occupant, not wearing a seat belt and crashing into an airbag can yield much more serious injuries than if a seat belt were worn.
How do you treat an airbag injury?
Airbag injury care:
- Keep wounds covered with a clean, dry bandage as directed. You may be told to apply antibacterial ointment to your wound to prevent infection. You may need stitches.
- Use ice packs as directed to treat swelling around your eyes.
- Use cool cloths to soothe red, irritated, or burned skin.
Can a faulty airbag cause a car accident?
Airbags often save lives, but sometimes they can injure. Even if a car is in a minor accident, the airbag may deploy. A correctly functioning airbag can push a passenger and harm them. A faulty airbag can fail to protect or may even send high-speed debris at passengers.
What happens if your airbag fails to deploy?
Unfortunately, airbags do not always work properly. If yours failed to deploy in a car accident, you could have suffered more catastrophic injuries, such as skull fractures, spinal injuries, internal organ damage, or death. You could have a claim against the manufacturer of the airbag as well as the negligent driver who caused your wreck.
Who is most likely to be hurt by an airbag?
How close the passenger and car occupants are to the airbag at the time of the collision can significantly affect their susceptibility to injury as a result of airbag deployment. The closer a person is to the airbag when it deploys, the more likely they are to be hurt by the airbag.
Why is the airbag light on in my car?
Your vehicle has a number of different sensors which are designed to activate the airbag system in the event of an accident. Naturally, these can become faulty, which would cause the airbag light to illuminate.