Front; Front Air Bags - SMART fortwo coupe Operator's Manual

If activated, the head thorax air bags are
intended to increase the potential protection
for the head and thorax (but not arms) of the
occupants on the side of the vehicle that is
struck.
The head thorax air bags are deployed:
• on the side of the vehicle that is struck,
(when passenger side is struck only if the
seat is occupied)
• at the start of an accident with high vehicle
deceleration or acceleration acting in a
lateral direction, e.g. a side impact,
• regardless of whether or not the seat belt is
in use,
• independently of the front air bags being
deployed,
• independently of the emergency tensioning
device.
The head thorax air bags are integrated into
the driver and passenger seat backrests.
1 Head thorax air bag
Occupant safety
Driver front air bag/passenger front air bag
The front air bags are designed to reduce the
potential of injury in certain frontal impacts.
Driver front air bag and passenger front air
bag are deployed:
• at the start of an accident with high vehicle
deceleration in the longitudinal direction,
• independently of other air bags in the vehi
cle being deployed,
• never in the event of a rollover, unless high
vehicle deceleration in the longitudinal
direction is detected.
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