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Overview
Additional passive safety system (SRS) includes two main subsystems: - A system of airbags with gas generators; - Electrical system with shock sensor module and fault diagnosis.
| Fig. 1.143. SRS system car Mazda 3: 1 - crash sensors and diagnostic module (SAS); 2 - side impact sensor; 3 - a gas generator and the airbag; 4 - the gauge of a frontal impact; 5 - gas generator and the airbag; 6 - side impact sensor
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Airbags are installed on the vehicle in the following locations: the hub of the steering wheel, the front panel (right side), front seatbacks (door side), front and rear-pillar, as well as along the edge of the ceiling above the side door openings. Airbags and inflatable curtains are installed covertly and are not visible until the response (Fig. 1.143). Systems frontal and side airbags include up to 6 air elements (location of the airbag in the car indicated marked ?�SRS AIRBAG?�). Additional passive safety systems are triggered independently. If your vehicle is equipped with side airbags and inflatable curtains, they usually do not work on both sides of the vehicle in the same crash as the car is not often subjected to simultaneous attacks from both sides. Usually, side airbags and inflatable curtains do not work simultaneously with the front airbags in a traffic accident. The exception is road accidents in which the vehicle is subjected to both front and side impacts. System airbags are intended to provide additional passive protection of the driver and front passenger (with certain types of collision), and the passengers sitting in the outer rear seats (only in side crashes the car). Therefore, when driving the driver and all passengers should always wear seat belts. If you do not fasten the seat belt in the event of a traffic accident the airbag will not be able to provide effective protection. Seatbelts provides the following: - Keeps the occupant from a sharp leap forward in the cushion of safety; - Reduces the likelihood of injury in accidents in which the airbag deployment does not provide, for example, when a vehicle rollover and rear impact car; - Reduces the likelihood of injuries in frontal and side impact, the force of which is insufficient to trigger the airbag; - Reduces the likelihood of dropping out of the car; - Reduces the likelihood of injury to the lower torso and legs when a traffic accident (airbags are not designed to protect these parts of the body); - Keeps the driver in a position which allows better control of the vehicle. If growth does not allow the child to use the seat belt, it is necessary to plant and secure the child in the child restraint. Carefully choose a child restraint that fits your child. During installation, follow the instructions given in this book and in the instructions of the manufacturer of the child restraint.
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