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Dependent on an airline's choice of installation, airplane airbags are most often installed in First class, Business class, Premium Economy, and Economy bulkhead/exit row seats. The use of seat belt extenders deactivates the airbag mechanism, so some airlines require seat belt extender users to be reassigned to seats without airbags.
The seat-belt airbag is designed to better distribute the forces experienced by a buckled person in a crash using an increased seat belt area. This is done to reduce possible injuries to the rib cage or chest of the belt wearer. 2010: Ford Explorer [92] and 2013 Ford Flex: optional rear seat belt airbags; standard on the 2013 Lincoln MKT
Automatic seat belts received a boost in the United States in 1977 when Brock Adams, United States Secretary of Transportation in the Carter Administration, mandated that by 1983 every new car should have either airbags or automatic seat belts. [57] [58] There was strong lobbying against the passive restraint requirement by the auto industry. [59]
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Even if an airbag saves a life, drivers and passengers can still be injured in the accident and, in many cases, by the airbags. Airbags usually deploy in crashes at 10-12 mph and higher speeds.
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To this category belong seat belts, deformation zones and air-bags, etc. Advancement in passive safety systems has progressed very far over the years, and the automotive industry has shifted its attention to active safety where there are still a lot of new unexplored areas.
There is no politcal correctness, there are only numbers from a crash test. I work in the industry, designing cars for North America, Europe and the Far East, simple advice: Wear a seatbelt, demand a passenger airbag, child central or passenger side, rear seat. Child seats rear facing as long as possible.