1.   And the new rule sets no minimum speed below which the bag will not deploy.

2.   Automakers are exploring ways to slow down the speed at which the bags deploy, making the force less severe.

3.   A conventional bag will only deploy when the body of the vehicle is being deformed -- mangled, as in crash.

4.   Children and small adults risk fatal skull fractures and brain injuries when the bags deploy, because they are hit in the face rather than the chest.

5.   Children and adults of small stature risk fatal skull fractures and brain injuries when the bags deploy, because they are hit in the face rather than the chest.

6.   It is desirable to have the bag deploy at the least practicable speed and the least possible force to do the job.

7.   The bags deployed with explosive force, slamming into the rear-facing infant seats strapped on the passenger side and damaging the infant-sized dummies placed inside.

8.   The three men were much taller, but two of them apparently blacked out and slumped over the steering wheel just before the bag deployed.

9.   They are also looking at ways to make the bag deploy only when the vehicle is traveling at a high speed or in two stages.