SEATS AND RESTRAINTS
Provided the front seat occupants are correctly seated
and with seat belts properly worn, the airbags will provide
additional protection to the chest and facial areas in
the event of the car receiving a severe frontal impact.
Side airbags and side head impact protection airbags are
designed to offer additional protection to the side of the
body facing the impact, if a severe side collision occurs.
IMPORTANT
• Even if the vehicle is equipped with airbags, you
should always wear seat belts to reduce the risk of
severe casualty in the event of a collision. Wearing
seat belts helps reduce the possibility of hitting or
being pushed away from, any object in the interior
of the car. The airbags are supplementary protection
to seat belts. They are an aid to, NOT replacement
of, seat belts.
• The airbags together with the 3-point seat belts
provide optimum protection for adults, but not for
children.
Children should be protected by child
restraints.
Airbag Deployment
To minimise the risk of accidental injury
from inflating airbags, seat belts should be
worn correctly at all times. In addition, both
driver and front seat passenger should adjust
their seat to provide sufficient distance from
the front airbags. If side airbags/side head
impact protection airbags are fitted, both
driver and front seat passenger should be
seated to maintain sufficient distance from
the upper part of the body to the sides
of the vehicle, this will ensure maximum
protection when the side airbags/side head
impact protection airbags are deployed.
In the event of a collision, the airbag control unit monitors
the rate of deceleration or acceleration induced by the
collision, to determine whether the airbags should be
deployed.
Operation of the airbag is not dependent on the speed
of the car, but on the type and size of object hit, angle
of impact and the rate at which the car changes speed as
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