Toyota Develops World's First Rear-seat Center Airbag

And what happens when there's a passenger sitting in the rear middle seat? Will he get launched through the windscreen in case of an accident?

Hey Toyota, there should be a trend to make cars lighter. Don?t fill them with things we don?t need...

My opinion is that cars should be made very unsafe, so that people would actually concentrate on driving instead of doing other stuff. Cars would be a lot lighter, too.

I guess there is a sensor (weight) so that if a 3rd passenger is there, it doesnt make him go Weeeeee!! Give it 3 months, and ull find some redneck who will figure out how to disable it and will launch squirrels off of it:D

I wonder when will we see a "Worlds First Trunk Airbag"... for those carried by mafia.

More than likely, this will be in a very small car. There may not be a center seating position in the rear, and if one is present, a weight sensor will deactivate it when occupied. Any safety related sensor will be hard-wired to the airbag module and be difficult to "adjust". (you know how lawsuits have gotten now) Furthermore, vehicle weight and size (now) play less of a role in crash science than clever energy distribution engineering. Just look at the Smart car vs a 60s Cadillac as example. If given a choice between crashing in either, I'd pick the Smart car and walk away with my life.

I would love to sit in that middle seat during a car accident with my seatbelt on. You will fly out the windshield attached to the airbag.

What's next? Underseats airbag? Or airbag in the trunk?

The underseat airbag does already excsist. In the iQ its beneath the passangersseat !!

how original. more toyota/safety/common sense ridiculing. still, the more of you speed/handling obsessed gas heads killing yourself with your unsafe driving and your unsafe cars on the way to work makes the world a safer place for everyone else!