Safety features of your vehicle
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Air bag deployment depends on a • To help provide protection, the air You can take steps to reduce the risk
number of factors including vehicle bags must inflate rapidly. The of being injured by an inflating air
speed, angles of impact and the speed of air bag inflation is a con- bag. The greatest risk is sitting too
density and stiffness of the vehicles sequence of extremely short time close to the air bag. An air bag needs
or objects which your vehicle in which to inflate the air bag about 10 inches (25 cm) of space to
impacts during a collision. The between the occupant and the inflate. NHTSA recommends that
determining factors are not limited vehicle structures before the occu- drivers allow at least 10 inches
to those mentioned above. pant impacts those structures. This (25 cm) between the center of the
speed of inflation reduces the risk steering wheel and the chest.
life-threatening
injuries and is thus a necessary
part of air bag design.
However, the rapid air bag inflation
can also cause injuries which can
include facial abrasions, bruises
and broken bones because the
inflation speed also causes the air
bags to expand with a great deal of
force.
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The front air bags will completely
inflate and deflate in an instant. It is
virtually impossible for you to see
the air bags inflate during an acci-
dent. It is much more likely that you
will simply see the deflated air bags
hanging out of their storage com-
partments after the collision.
of
serious
or
•
There are even circumstances
under which contact with the air
bag can cause fatal injuries, espe-
cially if the occupant is positioned
excessively close to the air bag.
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