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What you need to know!
Airbags were first introduced in the early '70s and have evolved a great deal since then, due to changing laws and ongoing statistics based on usage and safety data. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that a person, who uses their seat belt in conjunction with an airbag, reduces their rate of serious injury by over 80%.
Joan Claybrook. Administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
issued the first standards requiring passive restraints in vehicles in 1984. Some report that Airbags have been credited to reducing the risk of death from front collisions by 30 percent, and with saving over 10,000 lives as of January 2003.
Although airbags do save lives, they are still not perfect. Due to poor designs, cost cutting decisions and a lack of comprehensive standards; some airbags fail to adequately protect the occupants during an accident. Some airbags will fail to deploy during a collision, or in some cases, deploy at such force that they cause more of an injury than the actual accident. Young drivers and shorter adults are more prone to air bag injury, since they have difficulty in maintaining the recommended distance of 10 inches from the steering wheel. Having Pedal extenders installed in the vehicle can help in giving the driver an additional 2-3 inches from the airbag if it ever deployed. Public Citizens, an advocacy, group has reported that inadequately designed airbags have resulted in the deaths of more than 200 people, including 129 children.
Airbags have been so successful in reducing serious injury, that most car owners expect this as standard equipment within every new car purchased. Most parents will not even consider putting their new driver into a car without airbags. When buying a used car, it is important to know that all cars manufactured after 1998 were required to have airbag systems. A visual inspection can quickly be done to identify whether or not an airbag system is installed. Driver side airbags are located within the steering wheel, while passenger airbags are usually located above the glove box.
Essentially, airbags consist of 3 main components; Crash Sensors, Inflator System and the inflatable Airbag.
Crash sensors, located in the front and rear areas of the car, as well as the passenger cabin, measure the force of impact of the accident and sends a signal to trigger the inflator unit. To minimize premature deployment, crash sensors are designed to engage if the car is going at least 12 miles per hour.
The inflator unit can deploy the inflatable airbag at speeds up to 100 miles an hour.
The final component is the fabric based Inflatable airbag. When the airbag is deployed, it is inflated immediately, (less than a blink of an eye) along with talcum powder or cornstarch for lubrication.
Small children in car seats are highly susceptible to injury if located in the front seat during an accident. It is highly recommended to re-locate children to the rear of the vehicle. If you have to have the car seat in the front passenger area, it is recommended that you disable the airbag deployment system to avoid injury.
Advances in technology are positively impacting airbag system designs by calculating the size, weight and seat placement of the occupant. Calculating this information, along with the severity of the crash, the system can inflate the airbag in various stages to minimize injury and still provide protection during the crash.
Airbags Save Lives and there are many who can attest to the valuable technology.
Montgomery Emerson
Great Exercises for Arthritis Sufferers
Exercise and arthritis are two very opposite ends of the spectrum. Arthritis doesn't like exercise and if you can find a way to exercise you just might find so comfort in those joints that are causing you so much pain.
I know there are times in a day when your arthritis really hurts and that is not a good time to consider exercising. However, there are times in the day that you know are best, would be a very good time to start implmenting some exercises.
WARNING
Never start an exercise program for arthritis without first consulting your doctor or health care provider.
The 3 main components to exercise and arthritis are:
Flexibility (range of motion)
Strength (resistance)
Cardiovascular (endurance)
I'm sure youre doctor will agree that flexibility, strength and cardiovascular fitness would be beneficial for your. But talk to them first they might recommend an exercise therapist to help you fight arthritis using very specific exercises.
Flexibility is often referred to as Range of Motion (ROM). Arthritis wants your joints to freeze up and not move. The less you move your joints the better arthritis can take over your body. If you want to beat arthritis at it's own game, then begin a flexibility program.
Mornings are a great time to begin your range of motion exercises. Something as simple as pulling your knees to your chest can greatly increase your chances of getting out of bed without much arthritis pain.
This same movement will also help your hips get ready for a weight bearing day. If your knees and hips are really bugging you, a simple leg lift in bed will do wonders to increase your blood flow before your feet hit the floor.
Any type of bending and stretching is a very good exercise for arthritis. Key point to remember is to hold your stretch and don't bounce up and down. It's the slow process of stretching and pulling those muscles that will make arthritis mad.
Before you do any type of exercises, stretching is the critical first step. It prepares your muscles for the activities you have planned to do. Daily stretching is most beneficial, but don't think you can replace flexibility with other forms of exercise. You need em both.
Strengthening exercises are very good ways to build up muscle around the joints as well as increasing the blood flow throughout your body. It's that blood flow that really drives arthritis crazy.
Resistance exercises are what you are looking for. Riding a bicycle is a good resistance exercise. That constant pushing against the pedal with your legs will begin to build muscles around your knee joints and many other places. If your knees are bothering you and you have access to a stationary bike, try this.
Remove the seat, sit on the floor behind the pedals and begin peddling with only your arms and hands. This is a two fold process that increases resistance as well as help you build cardiovascular.
The key benefit to a stationary bike or a bicycle, is the fact that you will be able to increase your blood flow to every joint of your bodyand and build strength in your arms or legs. Lifting weights is an obvious choice for a resistance exercise, however there are other ways.
For instance sitting in a chair with your legs bent. Start lifting your legs until your leg is fully extended. Using gravity only, that will help build your muscles around the knees. If you strap on only 5 pounds and do the same thing you've really got yourself a good workout. We call this leg extensions and you don't need a health club to do that.
Another good resistance exercise for your arms is to have them straight out in front of you and by simply bending the elbow bringing your hand back to your shoulder works wonders. Even lifting your arms up and down over your head will enable to shoulders to fully stretch and strenghten. You can add more resistence by holding a 5 pound dumb bell when there is no pain associated with bending your elbow and shoulder.
The cardio exercises that are extremely beneficial for arthritis pain are: walking, biking, swimming. We like to do a lot of walking in water with athletes who are coming off surgeries and progress them along to finally walking and biking. Both build strength and endurance. As you know, cardio exercises are also beneficial to your circulatory system (heart/lungs).
Located behind our town is this hill that I love to walk up. It doesn't matter how much my back or knees hurt, by the time I'm walking up that thing for 5 minutes my body stops hurting and blood is flowing fast. It's the blood flow that really helps stop that joint and arthritis pain for me. I also include in my regular meals supplements that target arthritis symptoms and pain.
As we discussed earlier, walking in a pool is also a great way to decrease the pressure on all your weight bearing limbs. By walking in the pool you are strengthening various large muscle groups around your hip, knees and ankle joints. The upper body also moves quickly to help you walk in the water faster.
Personal favorite exercises for arthritis include:
*Walking on flat surfaces
*Walking up hills
*Riding my bike when my back doesn't hurt and the temperature outside
isn't to cold.
*Walking in pools
*Chasing the kids (grandchildren) in the back yard
There are a lot of different things you can do that does not require purchasing a membership at the local exercise club. Exercise and arthritis in my humble opinion is a mind set and if you get into the habit of doing some sort of exercise on a daily basis, it will help reduce your arthritis pains. When you have pain, use some other part of your body to increase the blood flow, heart rate and lungs.
You'll be surprised at how well it will help reduce your joint pain.
Hope you have a pain free week.
About the Author
Bob is a coach, athletic trainer and a person who suffers from joint pain. Learn more about exercise and arthritis at his website: Healthy Arthritis Treatments
where can i get pedal extenders in the uk?
i'm only 4' 10", i find it difficult to drive my car so i'd like some extensions. where can i get them from? uk only please.
Any garage in the UK that deals with motability car adaptations will be able to help you. Just look up motability on-line to find somewhere near to you. I had to have a pedal moved on a car because of a bad back and found the garage very helpful. They measured me and checked that the pedal was in the right place and was the right size etc and charged me just £60 to do it so I was very pleased.
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