Side Impact Airbags Save Lives

--The U.S. government credits airbags with saving nearly 14,000 lives since 1987 and has mandated them on all new vehicles since 1999. Now, new research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows that side airbags with head protection are reducing deaths by 45 percent among drivers of cars struck on the driver's side. A report from General Motors .

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