Seat belts of the future - that's how many experts today call the new "expanding" seat belts, which this year will be installed on new cars Ford Focus.

The new belts have increased efficiency - they are not externally different from conventional belts, but at the time of the accident within a time interval of 40 milliseconds, or 0.4 one second, they will expand (in four times) in size, providing greater protection for the passenger. Crash tests have demonstrated that such belts allow to better protect the most important internal organs of passengers and thereby significantly increase their chances of survival during serious accidents.

So far, new safety belts will be installed exclusively on the rear seats of cars. There are no airbags, and therefore it is the rear passenger seats, today are the most dangerous in the accident. According to some experts, the probability of surviving a terrible accident with new belts increases by 60% - 80% compared to conventional belts, and most likely, soon the technology will appear on other cars. Developed by designers in cooperation with leading doctors, this year technology can begin to save the first lives, but Ford representatives in the interview made it clear that this important know-how, creates for them a good competitive advantage, and share it for nothing with other concerns, They do not intend to.

Unlike airbags, which are usually activated by heat-generating chemical reactions, new safety belts are inflated with cold compressed gas from the cylinder located under the rear seat. This will prevent passengers from getting burns. Already, Ford's new seat belts are available in the US, and company representatives say that 40% of buyers choose the car with this option. At the same time, its cost in both the US and Europe will be quite attractive. The presence of new belts will cost the buyer 250 pounds sterling (about 13 thousand. Rubles).

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