Samenvatting
As a step toward eventual quantity production of cars equipped with passive restraint system, G.M. built 1000 cars identical in all controllable respects and equipped with air cushion restraint systems. These cars were placed in high mileage fleets where they would be exposed to a variety of operating conditions. In about a year of operation the air cushion has operated in 9 impacts of the type and severity to cause cushion deployment and in over 230 non deployment accidents.