It seems like that 2009 Land Rover might have been 12 years behind the times if it didn't have airbags. I was look at new cars in the UK around the turn of the

It seems like that 2009 Land Rover might have been 12 years behind the times if it didn't have airbags. I was look at new cars in the UK around the turn of the century and airbags were widely used even then. A lot of the more recent improvements seem to be trying to compensate for either gross driver failures or much reduced visibility with modern vehicle designs. It will be interesting to see whether they end up significantly improving safety overall or just cancelling out the negative effects of less careful driving and less visibility.