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Takata-brand airbags were recalled all the way back in 2008 after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration discovered life-threatening malfunctions that could shoot dangerous metal shrapnel at car passengers when the airbags deployed. But even though 19 people have been killed by these defective airbags and hundreds more have been injured by them, and despite over a decade of recall notice letters, postcards and emails to car owners warning about their dangers, safety advocates SafeAirbags.com claim “more than 17 million Takata airbags remain on U.S. roads, including hundreds of thousands in Texas.” SafeAirbags.com is working with car manufacturers and the NHTSA to alert the public about just how dangerous these airbags are. The group announced Wednesday that the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles will be sending out yet another wave of notice letters this week to all Texans driving vehicles that still have the defective Takata equipment installed, letting them know t

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