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In  order  to  be  effective,  the  SRS  airbags  must  deploy  with
tremendous  speed.  The  rapid  deployment  of  the  SRS  air-
bags  makes  the  SRS  airbags  themselves  potential  sources
of  serious  injury  if  an  occupant  is  too  close  to  an  airbag,
or  if  an  object  or  some  part  of  his  or  her  body  has  been
placed  between  the  occupant  and  the  airbag  at  the  time  of
deployment.  This  is  just  one  example  of  how  the  instruc-
tions  in  Section  1−3  of  this  Owner’s  Manual  will  help  en-
sure  proper  use  of  the  occupant  restraint  systems,  and
increase  the  safety  they  can provide  to  you  and  your  fami-
ly  in  the  event  of  an accident.
Toyota  recommends  you  to  read  the  provisions  in  Section
1−3  carefully  and  refer  to  them  as  needed  during  your  time
of  ownership of  this  vehicle.
Event data recorder
Your  vehicle  has  computers  that  monitor  and  control  cer-
tain  aspects  of  your  vehicle.  These  computers  assist  in
driving  and  maintaining  optimal  vehicle  performance.  Be-
sides  storing  data  useful  for  troubleshooting,  there  is  a
system  to  record  data  in  a  crash  or  a  near  car  crash
event.  This  is  called  an Event Data  Recorder  (EDR).
The  SRS  airbag  sensor  assembly  contains  the  EDR.  In  a
crash  or  a  near  car  crash  event,  this  device  records  some
or  all  of  the  following  information:
! Engine  speed
! Whether  the  brake  pedal  was  applied  or  not
! Vehicle  speed
! To  what  extent  the  accelerator  pedal  was  depressed
! Position  of  the  transmission  selector  lever
! Whether  the  driver  and  front  passenger  wore  the  seat
belts  or  not
! Driver’s  seat  position
! Front  passenger’s  occupant  classification
! SRS  airbag  deployment  data