Airbags and Seatbelts

Hi and thank you for listening to my second episode of Emily Vs. Science! Episode 2: Airbags and Seatbelts is all about safety mechanisms in vehicles that exist today. Also, the history of why they are there in the first place. In this episode, I discussed gas laws Chemistry wooo) as well as some Physics including Newton's Laws of Motion and how they play a role in an airbag’s deployment. Also, keep your ears peeled- sorry that was a bad play on “keep your eyes peeled”... for a super cool Wisconsin fact in the episode! I mentioned checking the show notes for some links to sources and I used, so here they are short and sweet: The University of Washington at St. Louis: Gas Laws Save Lives The Knight Law Group: When airbags became mandatory in cars and History of seatbelt laws Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and airbag statistics National Highway Traffic Saftey Administration and airbag overview When airbags were federally implemented Wisconsin Public Radio on the controversy around seatbelts Chemistry LibreTexts on decomposition reactions My professor, Mr. Trent found an awesome airbag lab. Here it is. Huge shout out to my roommate Lexi for letting me interview her, and much gratitude to Oakton Community College and the Chemistry department for allowing me to do this podcast.