SAFETYINFORMATION51
WhenistheAirbagnotDeployed
NotallfrontalcollisionsactivatetheSRSsystem.Inacollisionwithasoftobject(a
snowdriftorbushforexample,orahardorxedobjectatlowspeed),thereisno
needfortheSRSsystemtobeactivated.Theairbagisusuallynotinatedinresponse
toside-oncollisions,impactsfromtherearorifthevehicleoverturns.Theextentof
damagetothevehicleisnomeasureofhowwelltheSRSsystemworks.
CantheAirbagbeDeployedAccidentally
ThecompleteSRSsystemisconstructedsothattheairbagonlyinatesinparticular
collisionconditions.TheSRSsystemhasitsowndiagnosticunitwhichcontinuously
monitorsthefunctioningofthesystem.
HeartoftheV olvoSafetySystem
Thethree-pointanchoredsafetybeltistheheartoftheVolvosafetysystem.The
beltshouldbewornatalltimes.TheSRSsystemisintendedasasupplementtothe
three-pointanchoredsafetybelt.
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