Lotus ELISE 2007 Owner's Handbook Manual page 24

AIRBAG DEFLATED
AFTER DEPLOYMENT
lisions below the actuation threshold of the airbag system, and
during types of accident which do not cause airbag deployment.
Therefore, both driver and passenger must always wear seat belts
(in most states, and all Canadian provinces, the law requires the
use of seat belts). See the earlier pages on 'Seat Belts'.
WARNING:
• The safe temperature operating range of the airbag
system is between -20 and +85°C (-4 and +185°F). The
car should not be operated outside of this range, as
the airbag system may not correctly deploy. Driver or
passenger may be killed or injured by incorrect airbag
deployment.
• You can be killed or seriously injured in a crash if you
aren't wearing your seat belt - even with airbags. Wearing
your seat belt during a crash helps reduce your chance
of hitting things inside the car or being ejected from it.
Airbags are designed to work with seat belts, but don't
replace them. Airbags are designed to deploy only in
moderate to severe frontal and near frontal crashes.
They aren't designed to inflate at all in rollover, rear or
low-speed frontal crashes, or in many types of side im
pacts. Both driver and passenger should wear a seat belt
properly to minimise the risk of severe injury or death in
the event of a crash.
• Airbags inflate with great force, in a fraction of a second.
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