Editing Airbag (section)

=== United States ===
On 11 July 1984, the United States government amended [[FMVSS 208|Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208]] (FMVSS 208) to require cars produced after 1 April 1989 to be equipped with a passive restraint for the driver. An airbag or an [[Seat belt#Automatic|automatic seat belt]] would meet the requirements of the standard. Airbag introduction was stimulated by the [[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-01/Esv/esv16/98S8P12.PDF |first=Byron |last=Bloch |title=Advanced designs for side impact and rollover protection |work=NHTSA |year=1998 |access-date=16 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141125063517/http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-01/Esv/esv16/98S8P12.PDF |archive-date=25 November 2014 }}</ref> However, airbags were not mandatory on light trucks until 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/fmvss/index.html#SN208 |title=Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and Regulations (Standard No. 208) |work=NHTSA |date=March 1999 |access-date=16 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140507031818/http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/FMVSS/index.html |archive-date=7 May 2014 }}</ref>

In 1998, FMVSS 208 was amended to require dual front airbags, and reduced-power, second-generation airbags were also mandated. This was due to the injuries caused by first-generation airbags, though FMVSS 208 continues to require that bags be engineered and calibrated to be able to "save" the life of an ''unbelted'' 50th-percentile size and weight "male" [[crash test dummy]]. The technical performance and validation requirements for the inflator assembly used in airbag modules are specified in [[SAE International|SAE]] USCAR 24–2.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://standards.sae.org/uscar24-2/ |title=USCAR24-22: Inflator Technical Requirements and Validation |publisher=SAE International |date=30 April 2013 |access-date=16 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140106140336/http://standards.sae.org/uscar24-2/ |archive-date=6 January 2014 }}</ref>