Kia Rio 2006 Owner's Manual page 92

Air bag inflation condition
Front air bag
Front air bags (driver's and front passenger's air
bags) are designed to inflate when the impact is
delivered to front collision sensors depending on
the intensity, speed or angles of impact of the front
collision - generally from an area a little to the left
to a little to the right of straight ahead.
5BLA2061
Curtain air bag
Curtain air bags are designed to inflate when the
impact signal is delivered to the side collision
sensors, depending on the severity, speed, and/or
angle of the impact or rollover.
5BLA302/S2BLA351
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