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Car maker fits inflatable rear seat belts

The car manufacturer Ford is to start fitting inflatable rear seat belts on all of its compatible cars.

Though there is as yet no date for when they will start to be fitted in Europe, they will shortly be added to the new Explorer model in the USA. Though rear seatbelts have been compulsory since 1991 they do not offer the same protection as the new technology which spreads the impact of a collision across five times the body area of a normal seatbelt, thus helping to reduce personal injury to passengers.

It works by sensors in the car working out how severe the crash has been which then triggers a flow of gas going through a special buckle. The belts inflate slower than a normal airbag so controlling the head and neck motion.

The new inflatable rear seatbelts will be added to other safety technology to be fitted onto Ford models which include "activity city stop" which applies the brakes if there is the danger of a collision, a lane departure warning which warns drivers if the car is drifting out of lane and traffic sign recognition which alerts drivers to road signs by showing them on a dashboard display.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8733401/Inflatable-rear-seatbelts-unveiled-by-Ford.html

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