Do airbags really work?
Preliminary statistics suggest the following: Airbags work much better than no belts; good 3 point belts alone work much better than Airbags alone, and AirBags + 3 point belts work slightly better than 3 point belts alone. The con to airbags is that some designs tend to burn the driver’s hands when venting the byproducts of the explosion that occurs inside the bag, and that some designs (but not all) may knock the driver’s hands from the wheel, making retention of control of the vehicle after the bag deflates more difficult.
