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What Makes an Air Bag Inﬂate?

In an impact of sufficient severity, the air bag

sensing system detects that the vehicle is in a crash.

For both frontal and side impact air bags, the sensing

system triggers a release of gas from the inﬂator,

which inﬂates the air bag. The inﬂator, the air bag and

related hardware are all part of the air bag modules.

Frontal air bag modules are located inside the steering

wheel and instrument panel. For vehicles with side

impact air bags, the air bag modules are located in

the seatback closest to the driver’s and/or right

front passenger’s door.

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 many

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 vehicles with a driver’s and

right front passenger’s side impact air bag.

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