While UTV safety has come a long way in recent years with the addition of better roll cages, better seats, and better engineering throughout, they're still fairly dangerous machines. And most of that comes down to just how capable they are. We watch videos, see pro drivers, and hear how they can do it all, which only gives normal humans the impression that we can do it, too.
More often than not, it's the squishy human behind the wheel that's the problem, as we overestimate our own capabilities and driving prowess. Shocker, I know. Yet, every day, search "UTV" or "side-by-side" in Google News, and you'll find someone's wrecked, crashed, or rolled their machine, likely due to their own inability to drive something as capable.
That's left many to wonder and conjure up ways to improve side-by-side safety, including better sensors, better engine management, better suspension control, increased tech, and even better engineering in the vehicle's chassis. One technology, however, has remained absent that's also found in every single on-road vehicle since the 1970s: airbags.
