California Legal and Regulatory News

Whether  or not airbags are safe depends on the the issue being presented by the injury causing device and whether or not it was defective. At this time there are many gadgets in automobiles which make the ride more enjoyable, yet there are also a number of devices which are installed in the newer vehicles which provide safety for the driver and the passenger in the front seat when the vehicle is in an accident.

These of course are airbags; in many models there are not only front airbags but also side airbags, which cushion the body in an accident, however while they protect there have also been some misfortune with these devices.

Not too long after they were placed in the first models there were reports of airbags which opened when there was no accident, there were individuals injured and even deaths, these were mostly in younger children, who should have been seat belted in the back of the vehicle rather than in a seat where an adult would be seated. Whether they are safe from a Los Angeles injury attorneys viewpoint depends at least partially on whether the driver in question was shorter or seated closer to the steering wheel so as to drive properly, this means should the airbag device deploy it may hit the driver in question rather hard in the chest and even face. Others who have the potential to be injured are babies who are seated in a car seat that sits facing backward, when strapped in the front seat, should the passenger airbag deploy, this device may hit the baby seat somewhat hard.

Older vehicles were not outfitted with airbags and when in an accident today people that have an automobile without airbags suffer more injuries such as broken ribs from hitting the steering wheel, injuries and even death from hitting the windshield, these injuries ranged from scrapes & bruises, to major injuries.

Many of the accidents today in the Torrance, West Covina and Burbank areas are newer vehicles which are indeed outfitted with airbags, and while the driver and passenger have the protection of airbags there are still injuries which are involved where a personal injury attorney is required.

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   The plan that they had in place when given the waiver they expected by the Environmental Protection Agency would have been equivalent to approximately 6.5 million less current cars on the road by the year 2020.

   These figures are based on the law that the Air Resources Board developed in 2002 that set new standards for greenhouse gas emissions and beginning with 2009 regulations would be phased in to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by thirty percent by the year 2016.  Incidentally if you are in the greater

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   In order to meet these standards by the year 2020 would also need cooperation from California residents and especially the auto manufacturers who would be expected to manufacture more fuel efficient autos including cars, SUV’s and passenger trucks.

   According to analysts if every state were to adopt the emissions regulations that California wants to put in place in the estimated time given by the year 2020 the amount of autos no longer on the road would be 22 million and the amount of gasoline that would be saved would be near to 11 billion gallons a year.