An airbag or supplemental inflatable restraint is a vehicle occupant-restraint system using a bag designed to inflate in milliseconds during a collision and then deflate afterwards. It consists of an
The driver and passenger front airbag modules, after having been deployed, in a Peugeot 306
Blue plaque commemorating Round and Parrott's patent, at Birmingham Dental Hospital
1975 Buick Electra with ACRS
A deployed curtain airbag in an Opel Vectra
A seat belt or seatbelt, also known as a safety belt, is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the driver or a passenger of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision o
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…restraints. Because no action by a vehicle occupant is required to activate or use the airbag, it is considered a "passive" device. This is in contrast to seat belts, which are considered "active" devices because the vehicle occupant must act to enable them. This terminology is not related to active and passive…
Buckling a three-point seat belt
"2-point" belt in an airplane
Airplane ("2-point") belt on display
Airplane ("3-point") belt on display