Ford’S Suvs To Get Side-Window Air Bags

Ford Motor Co. will offer a new safety option in its sport utility vehicles - air bags that cover the side windows like curtains to prevent passengers from being thrown out in rollover crashes.

The new air-bag curtains are Ford’s answer to figures showing passengers in SUVs are four times more likely to be involved in a rollover during a serious accident than passengers in cars. Most often, rollover deaths involve passengers being thrown from the vehicle.

The curtains, unveiled Wednesday during the preview of the North American International Auto Show, will be phased in on Ford’s SUVs.