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Airbags go hand in hand with seatbelts to protect a vehicle's occupants during a crash. They have become smarter as manufacturers and regulators have refined how they work and how they are required to work. Until now, this has been a good thing, but research is now suggesting that the newest airbag systems may not be protecting properly belted occupants as well as they should be.

In addition to the article on airbags, this issue of the Status Report contains information on drinking and driving, roof strength ratings on small pickups and US fatal crash factors.

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Read the IIHS Status Report - February 2010 (PDF)