University study says side air bags save lives

摘要

Installing side air bags in all cars in the United States could prevent more than 2,000 deaths or cases of serious brain injury,according to emergency medicine experts.Using data collected in 2000 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,a team at the University of Rochester School of Medicine found that people in cars hit from the side were more than twice as likely to suffer traumatic brain injuries than people hit head on or from behind.