Safety & Recalls

Vehicle safety, recalls, and regulatory updates.

1698 Safety editorial cover showing a driver secured by a seatbelt with an airbag deploying during a crash, illustrating how vehicle restraint systems work together to protect occupants.

Your Seatbelt and Airbag Are a System: What Actually Happens in a Crash

Your seatbelt and airbag are not separate safety features they are engineered to work together. 1698 explains what happens in the first milliseconds of a crash, why an unrestrained occupant can be seriously injured by a deploying airbag, and what every driver and parent should know about occupant safety.

Mr. Rixon Ssembatya· September 11, 2026 13 min