
Ford Motor Company shows off their first-ever production inflatable seat belts at their Safety and Innovation Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan USA on 05 November 2009. The belts are designed to provide additional protection for rear-seat occupants, often children and older passengers who can be more vulnerable to head, chest and neck injuries. The rear seat belts will debut on the next-generation Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle, which goes into production next year. EPA/JEFF KOWALSKY

Journalists Bill Visnic of Edmonds Auto Observer (L) and Maria Ravahi sit in a simulator that demonstrates Ford Motor Company's first-ever production inflatable seat belts at their Safety and Innovation Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan USA on 05 November 2009. The belts are designed to provide additional protection for rear-seat occupants, often children and older passengers who can be more vulnerable to head, chest and neck injuries. The rear seat belts will debut on the next-generation Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle, which goes into production next year. EPA/JEFF KOWALSKY

Ford Motor Company shows off their first-ever production inflatable seat belts at their Safety and Innovation Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan USA on 05 November 2009. The belts are designed to provide additional protection for rear-seat occupants, often children and older passengers who can be more vulnerable to head, chest and neck injuries. The rear seat belts will debut on the next-generation Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle, which goes into production next year. EPA/JEFF KOWALSKY

Dean Jaradi, design and release research engineer at Ford Motor Company demonstrates their first-ever production inflatable seat belts at their Safety and Innovation Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan USA on 05 November 2009. The belts are designed to provide additional protection for rear-seat occupants, often children and older passengers who can be more vulnerable to head, chest and neck injuries. The rear seat belts will debut on the next-generation Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle, which goes into production next year. EPA/JEFF KOWALSKY

Ford Motor Company shows off their first-ever production inflatable seat belts at their Safety and Innovation Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan USA on 05 November 2009. The belts are designed to provide additional protection for rear-seat occupants, often children and older passengers who can be more vulnerable to head, chest and neck injuries. The rear seat belts will debut on the next-generation Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle, which goes into production next year. EPA/JEFF KOWALSKY
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