Seating and Safety Restraints
Thefactthatthepretensionersorairbagsdidnotactivateforbothfront
seatoccupantsinacollisiondoesnotmeanthatsomethingiswrongwith
thesystem.Rather,itmeansthePersonalSafetySystemdeterminedthe
accidentconditions(crashseverity,beltusage,etc.)werenot
appropriatetoactivatethesesafetydevices.Frontairbagsaredesigned
toactivateonlyinfrontalandnear-frontalcollisions,notrollovers,
side-impacts,orrear-impactsunlessthecollisioncausessufficient
longitudinaldeceleration.
Driverandpassengerdual-stageairbagsupplementalrestraints
Thedual-stageairbagsofferthecapabilitytotailorthelevelofairbag
inflationenergy.Alower,lessforcefulenergylevelisprovidedformore
common,moderate-severityimpacts.Ahigherenergylevelisusedfor
themostsevereimpacts.RefertoAirbagsupplementalrestraints
(SRS)sectioninthischapter.
Frontcrashseveritysensor
Thefrontcrashseveritysensorenhancestheabilitytodetectthe
severityofanimpact.Positionedupfront,itprovidesvaluable
informationearlyinthecrasheventontheseverityoftheimpact.This
allowsyourPersonalSafetySystemtodistinguishbetweendifferent
levelsofcrashseverityandmodifythedeploymentstrategyofthe
dual-stageairbagsandsafetybeltpretensioners.
Driver’sseatpositionsensor
Thedriver’sseatpositionsensorallowsyourPersonalSafetySystemto
tailorthedeploymentlevelofthedriverdual-stageairbagbasedonseat
position.Thesystemisdesignedtohelpprotectsmallerdriverssitting
closetothedriverairbagbyprovidingalowerairbagoutputlevel.
Frontpassengersensingsystem
Forairbagstodotheirjobtheymustinflatewithgreatforce,andthis
forcecanposeapotentiallydeadlyrisktooccupantsthatareveryclose
totheairbagwhenitbeginstoinflate.Forsomeoccupants,likeinfants
inrear-facingchildseats,thisoccursbecausetheyareinitiallysitting
veryclosetotheairbag.Forotheroccupants,thisoccurswhenthe
occupantisnotproperlyrestrainedbysafetybeltsorchildsafetyseats
andtheymoveforwardduringpre-crashbraking.Themosteffectiveway
toreducetheriskofunnecessaryinjuriesistomakesurealloccupants
areproperlyrestrained.Accidentstatisticssuggestthatchildrenare
muchsaferwhenproperlyrestrainedintherearseatingpositionsthanin
thefront.
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