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It is possible that in
a
crash
only one
of
the two air bags
in your vehicle will deploy. This is rare, but can happen
in
a
crash
just severe enough to make an air bag
inflate.
In
any particular crash, no one can say whether an air
bag should
have
inflated simply because of the damage
to
a
vehicle
or
because
of
what the repair costs were.
Inflation
is
determined by the angle of the impact and
the vehicle’s deceleration. Vehicle damage is only one
indication of this.
What makes an air bag inflate?
In a frontal or near-frontal impact of sufficient severity,
the air bag sensing system detects that the vehicle is
suddenly stopping as a result of
a
crash. The sensing
system triggers
a
chemical reaction of the sodium azide
sealed in the inflator. The reaction produces nitrogen
gas, which inflates the air bag. The inflator, air bag, and
related hardware are
all
part of the air bag modules
packed inside the steering wheel and in the instrument
panel in front
of
the right front passenger.
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. 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
air bags would not help you in many types of collisions,
including rollovers and rear and side impacts, primarily
because an occupant’s motion is not toward the air bag.
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.
What
will
you
see after an
air
bag inflates?
After the air bag inflates,
it
quickly deflates. This
occurs
so
quickly that some people may not even realize the air
bag inflated. Some components of the air bag module in
the steering wheel hub for the driver’s air bag, or the
instrument panel for the right front passenger’s bag, will
be hot for a short time, but the
part
of the bag that comes
into contact with you will not be hot to the touch. There
will be some smoke and dust coming from vents in the
deflated air bags. Air bag inflation will not prevent the
driver from seeing or from being able to steer the
vehicle, nor
will
it
stop people from leaving the vehicle.
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