SEATSANDRESTRAINTS
ConditionsinWhichAirbagsWillNot
Deploy
Thedeploymentofairbagsdoesnotdependonthevehicle
speed,butontheobjectthatthevehiclehits,angleof
impactandtherateatwhichthecarchangesspeedasa
resultofacollision.Whentheimpactforceofcollision
isabsorbedordispersedtovehiclebody,airbagsmaynot
deploy;however,airbagsmaysometimesdeployaccording
toimpactcondition.Therefore,thedeploymentofairbags
shallnotbejudgedbasedontheseverityofvehicledamage.
FrontalAirbags
Underconditionsdescribedbeloworsimilarones,the
frontalairbagsmaynotbedeployed:
•Theimpactpointisnotcentraltothefrontofthe
vehicle.
•Theimpactiswithasolidutilitypoleortrafcsignpost.
•Collisionwiththebottompartofthetruck'stail;cut-in
collisionwithtrucksorvehicleswithahigherchassis.
•Frontalcollisionatananglewithguardbars.
•Impactstotherearorsideofthevehicle.
•Thevehiclerollingover .
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