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The Airbags as we know are protection while an accident occurs. Hyundai is for the first time coming with an improved safety system and is providing its Customers with a Multi-collision airbag system. Hyundai is the first in the World to introduce the world’s first multi-collision airbag system.
The Deployment technique of the airbags has been improved. The new system is designed such that it is capable of increasing the safety of the car by adjusting airbag deployment settings in the situation when the initial trial of airbags deployment proves to be insufficient. The multi-collision airbag system improves the airbag performance if a multi-collision accident takes place. Multi-collision accidents are very prominent and are counted three amongst every ten accidents. In Multi-collision accidents, the primary collision or damage is followed by more collisions with secondary objects like trees, electrical posts or other vehicles.
In the current scenario, the airbags are incapable of providing secondary protection in the situation when the initial impact of the airbag protection proves to be insufficient to protect.
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The new multi-collision airbag system functions on the principle of calibrating the status of the vehicle and the occupants after the second collision. It allows the airbags to deploy effectively in the situation of secondary impact.
The first and foremost task performed by the new technology is that it detects the occupants’ position in the cabin just after the first collision. The multi-collision airbag system works even faster and comes into action promptly just after the first collision. It is designed such that when the occupants come into unusual positions after the first collision, the multi-collision airbag systems start working even faster when initial safety systems may not be effective. First of all, it detects the position of the occupants in the car and starts providing additional safety to the driver and the passengers.
The new technology functions on the principle such that it starts controlling the collision intensity for the required repositioning of the occupants and thus improves the safety of multi-collision vehicle occupants.
“By improving airbag performance in multi-collision scenarios, we expect to significantly improve the safety of our drivers and passengers. We will continue our research on more diverse crash situations as part of our commitment to producing even safer vehicles that protect occupants and prevent injuries,” said Taesoo Chi, head of Chassis Technology Center at Hyundai Motor Group.
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If we review the statistics from the year 2000 to 2012 by the National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System (NASS-CDS) which is an office of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in US, we come to know that about 30 percent of 56,000 vehicle accidents were multi-collision accidents.
Thus, Hyundai Motor Group took initiative to improve the safety measures of its customers and hence, analysed multi-collision scenarios in multilateral ways. The Group concluded that there is an utmost requirement to improve airbag performance and precision in secondary collisions. The Group has now upgraded its Brand by the decision of implementing the multi-collision airbag system in its new Hyundai and Kia vehicles in the future.
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