



Most vehicles now have weight sensors in the seats that help determine how much force an airbag should use to deploy.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) guidelines state that sitting within 10 inches of an airbag is dangerous.The passenger side airbag is physically larger and deploys with more force than the driver side airbag which is situated farther away from the occupant.Airbags can deploy at speeds comparable to 200 MPH within 1/20th of a second, leaving no time to react.Airbags can deploy due to sudden deceleration in vehicles travelling as slow as 8 MPH or even if something gets lodged underneath the vehicle's frame.While a crash is the most obvious concern in a free driving situation, airbag deployment is the greatest specific danger that we must consider.Members of the safety committee have been speaking with experts in the field of crash technology and would like to share the following information on handheld filming in vehicles:
