IN MARCH OF 2003 I WAS INVOLVED IN A FAIRLY HIGH SPEED COLLISION HEAD ON WITH A OLDER STYLE FORD BRONCO. MY VEHICLE IS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 SPORT EDITION. I WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN MY VEHICLE AT A SAFE DISTANCE, AND HIT THE "BROKEN DOWN" FORD BRONCO WITH THE NOSE END OF MY VEHICLE INTO THE REAR END OF HIS VEHICLE AT ROUGHLY 50 MILES PER HOUR. UNFORTUNATELY MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. AS I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU NEED TO HIT CERTAIN SPOTS ON THE VEHICLE TO CAUSE A REACTION IN THE AIRBAGS, I ASSUMED I DID NOT ACTIVATE THE SENSORS, EVEN THOUGH I HIT THE VEHICLE SQUARE ON AND MY ENTIRE FRONT END WAS BUCKLED BACK ROUGHLY A 1'2" IN (TOTALING IN $9,600 IN REPAIRS AT 30,000MILES). HOWEVER, IN A MORE RECENT INCIDENT, AUGUST 2007 I WAS OUT OF TOWN ON BUSINESS AND AGAIN SUSTAINED FRONT END DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF THIS SAME VEHICLE (2000 DODGE RAM 1500) AND AGAIN MY AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. IN BOTH EVENTS I WAS BUCKLED IN PROPERLY AND EXPERIENCED MINOR INJURIES, BUT I'M WONDERING WHY THEY NEVER DEPLOYED. THEY FIXED THIS VEHICLE AGAIN FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, I'M A COLLEGE STUDENT WITHOUT ADEQUATE FUNDS TO PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE, AND MY JOB AS A TECHNICAL CONSULTANT FOR A INDUSTRIAL COMPANY REQUIRES THAT I WORK WITHIN A 400 MILE RADIUS. WHAT CAN I DO TO ENSURE MY OWN SAFETY IN THIS VEHICLE THAT APPARENTLY DOESN'T UTILIZE THE AIRBAGS ON IMPACT? *TR