Cadillac 2005 STS Specifications download pdf (Page 59)

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What Makes an Airbag Inﬂate?

In an impact of sufficient severity, the airbag sensing

system detects that the vehicle is in a crash. For both

frontal and side impact airbags, the sensing system

triggers a release of gas from the inﬂator, which inﬂates

the airbag. The inﬂator, airbag and related hardware

are all part of the airbag modules inside the steering

wheel, instrument panel, the side of the front seatbacks

closest to the door and the ceiling of the vehicle,

near the side windows.

How Does an Airbag Restrain?

In moderate to severe frontal or near frontal collisions,

even belted occupants can contact the steering wheel

or the instrument panel. In moderate to severe side

collisions, even belted occupants can contact the inside

of the vehicle. The airbag supplements the protection

provided by safety belts. Airbags distribute the force of

the impact more evenly over the occupant’s upper

body, stopping the occupant more gradually. But the

frontal airbags would not help you in many types

of collisions, including rollovers, rear impacts, and many

side impacts, primarily because an occupant’s motion

is not toward the airbag. Side impact airbags would not

help you in many types of collisions, including frontal

or near frontal collisions, rollovers, and rear impacts,

primarily because an occupant’s motion is not toward

those airbags. Airbags should never be regarded

as anything more than a supplement to safety belts, and

then only in moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal

collisions for the driver’s and right front passenger’s

frontal airbags, and only in moderate to severe

side collisions for the side impact airbags.

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