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Safety
Restraint systems
This section will familiarise you with the
most important features of the restraint
systems in your vehicle. In the event of an
accident, your vehicle may collide with another
object, e.g. another vehicle. This may
result in rapid acceleration or deceleration
of your vehicle. During this acceleration or
deceleration, the vehicle occupants will be
moved towards the force acting on the vehicle.
There is therefore the risk of vehicle
occupants injuring themselves on the vehicle
interior or on parts of the vehicle. The
purpose of supplemental restraint systems
is to minimise this risk of injury. However,
seat belts and airbags are generally unable
to prevent injuries caused by objects penetrating
the vehicle from the outside.
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The most important restraint systems are:
Seat belts
Restraint systems for children in the
vehicle
If necessary, the following also provide additional
protection:
SRS system (Supplemental Restraint
System) consisting of:
Belt tensioners
Belt force limiters
Airbags
Roll-over bar
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Risk of injury G
An airbag increases the degree of protection
for vehicle occupants wearing a seat belt
and therefore supplements the seat belt.
Airbags in no way replace the requirement
for all vehicle occupants to wear their seat
belt correctly at all times. This is because,
on the one hand, an airbag is not deployed
in all types of accident, as in some situations
it would not provide any additional protection
to that already provided by a correctly
fastened seat belt.