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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  death  or  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
instructions  in Section  1−3 of  this  Owner’s  Manual  will  help
ensure  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  may  record
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
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