Seating and safety restraints
When are the front air bags and pretensioners deployed?
Frontairbagsandpretensionersare
designedtoactivateinfrontaland
near-frontalcollisions,notrollover,
side-impacts,orrear-impactsunless
thecollisioncausessufficient
longitudinaldeceleration.Thefact
thatthepretensionersorairbags
didnotactivateinacollisiondoes
notmeanthatsomethingiswrong
withthesystem.Rather,itmeans
thePersonalSafetySystem
determinedtheoccupantconditions
orcrashseveritywerenotappropriatetoactivatethesesafetydevices.
Safety belt precautions
Alwaysdriveandridewithyourseatbackuprightandthelap
beltsnugandlowacrossthehips.
Toreducetheriskofinjury,makesurechildrensitwherethey
canbeproperlyrestrained.
Neverletapassengerholdachildonhisorherlapwhilethe
vehicleismoving.Thepassengercannotprotectthechildfrom
injuryinacollision.
Alloccupantsofthevehicle,includingthedriver,shouldalways
properlyweartheirsafetybelts,evenwhenanairbagSRSis
provided.
Itisextremelydangeroustorideinacargoarea,insideor
outsideofavehicle.Inacollision,peopleridingintheseareas
aremorelikelytobeseriouslyinjuredorkilled.Donotallowpeopleto
rideinanyareaofyourvehiclethatisnotequippedwithseatsand
safetybelts.Besureeveryoneinyourvehicleisinaseatandusinga
safetybeltproperly.
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