SMART FORTWO CABRIO Operating Instructions Manual page 172

Airbags
Danger of injury!
Observe the following notes to
reduce the risk of serious or fatal in
juries if the side airbag deploys:
Occupants particularly children
should never rest their head on the
area around the window from which
the side airbag could emerge if de
ployed.
Vehicle occupants must always wear
their seat belt correctly and posi
tion their backrest as close to the
vertical as possible.
Always secure children under
150 centimetres tall and under twelve
years of age with suitable child re
straint systems.
170 Study in motion
The side airbags are integrated into the
driver and front passenger seat back
rests. If activated, they are intended to
increase the potential protection for the
thorax (but not the head, neck and arms) of
the occupants on the side of the car that
is struck.
The side airbags are activated:
on the side of the car that is struck,
at the start of an accident with high
vehicle deceleration or acceleration
acting in a lateral direction, e.g. a
side impact,
if there is the prospect of supplement
ing the protective potential of the seat
belt,
if the seat belt is in use,
independently of the front airbags be
ing deployed,
independently of the belt tensioner,
in situations excluding a rollover, un
less high vehicle deceleration acting
in the transverse direction is detect
ed, coupled with the prospect of sup
plementing the protective potential.
>Note!
In the event of a side impact, the side
airbags will only deploy when the airbag
indicator light does not flash or illumi
nate.
Danger of injury!
If the airbag indicator light
does not come on when a baby carrier is
fitted to the passenger seat, the side
airbag has not been deactivated. If the
side airbag has not been deactivated, a
child could sustain serious or even fa
tal injuries in the event of the side
airbag being triggered, particularly
if the child is in the immediate vicin
ity of the side airbag at the time of its
activation.
The side airbag is only deactivated
when you fit a special smart baby car
rier to the passenger seat.