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Takata Airbag Deaths Could Have Been Avoided Says Father Of Airbag Systems

Takata Airbag Deaths Could Have Been Avoided Says Father Of Airbag Systems

Steve Syson, the automotive engineer know as the “Father of the Airbag system”, reveals that Takata chose to use an unstable explosive propellant to inflate its airbags that General Motors excluded decades earlier because of the dangers. Syson is an expert used by Crashworthiness Attorney Todd Tracy in his safety defect cases against carmakers.

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Takata agrees to pay $70 million fine for air bag bungle

“For years Takata has built and sold defective inflators, refused to acknowledge the defect, and supplied inaccurate and misleading information, putting millions of Americans at risk,” Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told a news conference. “American drivers should not have to worry that a device designed to save their life might

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