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Here are the
most
important things to know
about
the air
bag system:
You can be severely injured
or
killed in a crash if
you aren't wearing your safety belt
--
even if you
have air bags. Wearing your safety belt during a
crash helps reduce your chance of hitting things
inside the vehicle or being ejected from it. Air bags
are "supplemental restraints" to the safety belts.
All air bags
--
even reduced-force air bags
--
are
designed to work with safety belts, but don't
replace them. Air bags are designed to work only
in moderate to severe crashes where the front of
your vehicle hits something. They aren't designed
to inflate at all in rollover, rear, side or low-speed
frontal crashes. And, for unrestrained occupants,
reduced-force air bags may provide less protection
in frontal crashes than more forceful air bags have
provided in the past. Everyone in your vehicle
should wear a safety belt properly
--
whether or
not there's an air bag for that person.
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Air bags i
ate with great force, faster than the
blink of
an eye. If
you're too close to an inflating
air bag, it could seriously injure you. This is true
even with reduced-force frontal air bags. Safety
belts help keep you in position before and during
a crash. Always wear your safety belt, even with
reduced-force air bags. The driver should sit as
far back as possible while still maintaining
control of the vehicle.
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