Owesifazane waseCummings ubambe iqhaza ekukhunjweni okukhulu kwe-airbag ngemuva kokuthi i-airbag enephutha imshiye ekhubazekile.
Ngokusho kwe-WSB-TV, ngo-Okthoba 2013, uBrandy Brewer wayeku-Highway 400 ngesikhathi ehlehlisa kancane enye imoto, ebhajwa esiminyaminyeni.Ngokuvamile kuwukuklwebheka kubhampa, kodwa i-airbag ye-Takata ku-Chevy Cruze ka-Brewer ka-2013 yaphephuka noma kunjalo.(isixwayiso: isithombe esikusixhumanisi)
I-airbag yandiza yaphuma esiteringini, yancibilika yandizela esihlalweni esingemuva se-Cruze.Ngenxa yokungasebenzi kahle, iziqhumane zangena emotweni, futhi uBrewer walahlekelwa iso langakwesokunxele.
Ama-airbag e-Takata angasebenzi abulale abantu ababili kwalimala abantu abangu-30 ezimotweni zakwaHonda, kanti iNew York Times ibike ukuthi bangu-139 abalimele.Ama-airbag e-Takata afakwe ezinhlobonhlobo zezimoto namamodeli, futhi ukukhunjulwa kuthinta izimoto ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-24 emhlabeni jikelele.
Ekuqaleni, u-Takata wazwakalisa ukucasuka ngokukhunjulwa nezinsolo zemikhiqizo enesici, ebiza izimangalo ze-Times ngokuthi “zinembile kakhulu”.
UBrewer nabameli bakhe bathi ukukhunjulwa kukaTakata akwanele futhi bafuna isinyathelo esiqinile nesibanzi sokuqinisekisa ukuthi izimpilo zabashayeli nabagibeli azibeki engcupheni.
Ngesikhathi izingxenye ziqala ukushoda ngo-Okthoba, abanye abadayisi beToyota bayalwa ukuba bavale i-airbag eseceleni kwabagibeli ezimotweni ezithintekile bese bebeka izimpawu ezinkulu ezithi “No Sit Here” kudeshibhodi, ngokusho kweCar and Driver.
I-CNN ibike ukuthi i-Takata isebenzisa i-ammonium nitrate ukufutha ama-airbag avalelwe ezitsheni zensimbi ukuze kuvinjelwe izingozi.Ukushintsha kwezinga lokushisa okuphawulekayo kusukela ekushiseni kuya emakhazeni kuphazamisa i-ammonium nitrate futhi kubangele ukuqhuma kwamathini ensimbi futhi kushaye imoto njengesibhamu lapho uthintana kancane nenye imoto;abaphenyi abaphenya ngokufa kwama-airbag bathi izisulu zibukeka sengathi zilimele noma zilimele.
Esikhundleni sokukhumbula ama-airbag ayo ezweni lonke, iTakata imemezele ukuthi izobumba ikhomishana ezimele enamalungu ayisithupha ezocwaninga ngendlela yokukhiqiza yenkampani futhi iphakamise izindlela ezingcono kakhulu zenkampani ukuya phambili.UMengameli we-Takata uStefan Stocker wesula esikhundleni ngoDisemba 24, futhi abaqondisi abathathu benkampani bavotela ukuncishiswa kwamaholo ngo-50%.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-24-2023
