New Ford Inflatable Safety Belt

Ford Motor Company is bringing to market the worlds first automotive inflatable seat belts, combining attributes of traditional seat belts and air bags to provide an added level of crash safety protection for rear seat occupants.
The advanced restraint system is designed to help reduce head, neck and chest injuries for rear seat passengers, often children and older passengers who can be more vulnerable to such injuries.
Ford will introduce inflatable rear seat belts on the next-generation Ford Explorer, which goes into production next year for the North American market. Over time, Ford plans to offer the technology in vehicles globally.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Ford
• safety
• innovation
• explorer
• 2011
• 2010
• safety belt
• inflatable
• seatbelt
• seat-belt
• child
• rear seat
• airbag
• airbags
• crash
• accident

[Intelpentium54321]

now thats interesting. really good I think/ GO FORD! thats all my family owns

[DTHPRF66]

Ford once again shows its advancement in technological saftey...even if its just a seat belt!

Ford the ONLY American company id drive!

[eurofeli]

thats a good idea, but is it easy for the seatbelt retractor to cope with the extra thickness of the belt?

[TheMustangMen]

That's a great idea. It'll encourage a lot more people to wear seat belts. Ford's always looking ahead.

[farlane]

We're featuring this on Absolute Michigan (.com) today

[mitopian1]

thats kinda cool

[bigretardhalo]

Neat idea. So does anyone have an answer for how much more this will cost than a regular seatbelt and does the belt need to be buckled for it to go off???