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Ledbetter offered the following suggestions to minimize risks associated with air bags.
• Always wear safety belts, and make sure your passengers wear them, too. Air bags are supplemental restrairft systems, which means they’re designed to work with safety belts, not replace them. Unrestrained passengers, especially children, are more likely to be injured by inflating air bags.
• When driving, adjust your seat position so you’re sitting as far from the wheel as you comfortably can. This is especially important for elderly people, who are more easily injured due to their fragility, and those of short stature.
• Whenever possible, children and toddlers should ride in the back seat. If they must ride in front, the seat should be moved as far away from the air bag as possible.
• Never use a rear-facing child safety seat in a position where an air bag could deploy. The force of the deployment could break the seat and cause the child serious injury. The center rear position is the safest for a child safety seat. (Manufacturers have begun to equip some cars with a switch that deactivates the passenger air bag. If you own such a car and must place a child safety seat in the front seat, remember to turn the bag off; but don’t forget to turn it back on when adults sit there.)
“Fewer than one percent of air bag-related injuries are serious,” Mr. Ledbetter observed. “The benefits of air bags far outweigh the risks, but, by following a few common-sense guidelines, you can reduce those risks even further.
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