Airbagsprovidecushioning,whichinturnincreasesthetimeofimpact,thusdecreasingthe
force.
Severalcompaniesareeventryingtochangetheprimaryfunctionoftheairbag.Mercedes,a
famouscarcompanyiscurrentlyworkingonatechnologythatusesairbagstostopthecar.The
companyisaimingtomakeairbagsasanactivesafetysysteminsteadofapassivesafetysystem.
Thecompanyisexperimentingwithdeployingtheairbagfrombeneaththecartoenablethecar
to come to a halt before the crash.
It is an active field of research and many thingsare yet to come.