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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.

For frontal air bags, inflation is determined by the angle

of the impact and how quickly the vehicle slows down

in frontal and near

-frontal impacts. For the side impact

air bag, inflation is determined by the location and

severity of the impact.

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, air bag and related hardware

are all part of the air bag modules inside the steering

wheel, instrument panel and the side of the driver’s

seatback closest to the 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 side impacts,

primarily because an occupant’s motion is not toward

the air bag. The side impact air bag would not help you

in many types of collisions, including frontal or near

frontal collisions, rollovers, and rear impacts, primarily

because the occupant’s motion is not toward that 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 for

the driver’s and right front passenger’s frontal air bags,

and only in moderate to severe side collisions for the

driver’s side impact air bag.

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’s side impact air bag

-- will be hot for a

short time.

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