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The threshold level can vary with speciﬁc vehicle

design. Side impact airbags are not intended to inﬂate

in frontal or near-frontal impacts, rollovers or rear

impacts. A side impact airbag is intended to deploy on

the side of the vehicle that is struck.

In any particular crash, no one can say whether an

airbag should have inﬂated simply because of the

damage to a vehicle or because of what the repair costs

were. For frontal airbags, inﬂation is determined by

what the vehicle hits, the angle of the impact, and how

quickly the vehicle slows down. For side impact

airbags, inﬂation is determined by the location and

severity of the impact.

What Makes an Airbag Inﬂate?

In an impact of sufficient severity, the airbag sensing

system detects that the vehicle is in a crash. The

sensing system triggers a release of gas from the

inﬂator, which inﬂates the airbag. The inﬂator, airbag,

and related hardware are all part of the airbag modules

inside the steering wheel and in the instrument panel

in front of the right front passenger. For vehicles

with side impact airbags, there are also airbag modules

in the ceiling of the vehicle, near the side windows.

How Does an Airbag Restrain?

In moderate to severe frontal or near frontal collisions,

even belted occupants can contact the steering wheel

or the instrument panel. In moderate to severe side

collisions, even belted occupants can contact the inside

of the vehicle. The airbag supplements the protection

provided by safety belts. Airbags distribute the force of

the impact more evenly over the occupant’s upper

body, stopping the occupant more gradually. But the

frontal airbags would not help you in many types

of collisions, including rollovers, rear impacts, and many

side impacts, primarily because an occupant’s motion

is not toward the airbag. Side impact airbags would not

help you in many types of collisions, including many

frontal or near frontal collisions, and rear impacts,

primarily because an occupant’s motion is not toward

those airbags. Airbags should never be regarded

as anything more than a supplement to safety belts, and

then only in moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal

collisions for the driver’s and right front passenger’s

frontal airbags, and only in moderate to severe

side collisions for side impact airbags.

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