How Airbags Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

It turns out that the inflatable bag of air that shoots out of your steering wheel or dashboard is the result of a controlled explosion of solid fuel, just like in a rocket – aimed for your face.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.2	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from House Stuff Works.com.
0:41.4	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.8	I'm Josh Clark from There's Charles W. Tuck Bright and there's Jerry and this is Airbags.
0:48.4	Airbags Edition.
0:49.5	I'm surprised we hadn't done this one yet.
0:51.4	It seems so stuff you should know.
0:53.0	It does.
0:54.0	It's just been sitting up there ready to explode in your face.
0:59.4	Yes.
1:00.4	Hopefully in the best way possible.
1:02.4	I also had a bit of a hard time because this article we should mention is from Marshall
1:07.9	Brain who was the original inventor of the House Stuff Works website 90 years ago.
1:15.9	In his kitchen.
1:16.9	Yeah.
1:17.9	He used to write everything.
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