Airbag tragedies may drive calls for change

While recalls over potential faults in cars are headline news in western nations, drivers in Asia are more vulnerable as the controls are far less stringent, writes Shamim Adam

THE warning came seconds before impact — “Mummy — car!”

Welhelmo Rodriguez Caido Jr, 41, blurted out the warning as he was riding in the passenger seat of a Honda City driven by his wife, whom he endearingly called Mummy. A moment later, as they entered an intersection in the Malaysian town of Sibu on July 27, a collision with an oncoming car set off the airbag with such force it knocked Caido out.