"Max" > wrote in message
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> Auto racing cars have no airbags. For good reason.
>

Because they don't really need them? 4-5 point restraints and helmets
make the driver alot safer in anything but the worst collisions. They also
are engineered to crash well, especially Formula One and Indycars.

In a frontal collision in a passenger car, an airbag adds a little
protection over a seatbelt, but not much. The place an airbag could really
help is in side-impact crashes, where crumple zones are less. In a
passenger car, even if you are belted in, you can bounce around alot. That
doesn't happen in a racecar usually.