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How does an air bag 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 air bag supplements the protection

provided by safety belts. Air bags distribute the force of

the impact more evenly over the occupant’s upper body,

stopping the occupant more gradually. But the frontal air

bags would not help you in many types of collisions,

including rollovers, rear impacts, and side impacts,

primarily because an occupant’s motion is not toward

the air bag. Side impact air bags would not help you in

many types of collisions, including frontal or near

frontal collisions, rollovers, and rear impacts, primarily

because an occupant’s motion is not toward those air

bags. Air bags 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 air bags,

and only in moderate to severe side collisions for the

driver’s and right front passenger’s side impact air bags.

What will you see after an air bag inflates?

After an air bag inflates, it quickly deflates, so quickly

that some people may not even realize the air bag

inflated. Some components of the air bag module

-- the

steering wheel hub for the driver’s air bag, the instrument

panel for the right front passenger’s bag, the side of the

seatback closest to the door for the driver and right front

passenger’s side impact air bags

-- will be hot for a short

time. The parts of the bag that come into contact with you

may be warm, but not too hot to touch. There will be

some smoke and dust coming from the vents in the

deflated air bags. Air bag inflation doesn’t prevent the

driver from seeing or being able to steer the vehicle,

nor does it stop people from leaving the vehicle.

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