Mercedes Benz SLK R172 owners manual page 57

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Occupantsafety 55 ently of each other in certain frontal collisionbe deployed even though the vehicle suffers situations: onlyminordeformation.Thisisthecaseif,for RFrontairbagsaswellasdriver'sandfront-example, very rigid vehicle parts such as lon- passenger knee bags gitudinalbodymembersarehit,andsufficient Thefront-passengerfront air bag is activateddeceleration occurs as a result. or deactivated depending on the person onIf the restraint system control unit detects a the front-passenger seat. The front-side impact or if the vehicle rolls over, the passenger front air bag can only deploy in anapplicable components of the restraint sys-Safety accident if the PASSENGERAIRBAGONindi-temareactivated independently of each cator lamp is lit. Observe the information onotherdependingontheapparenttypeofacci- the PASSENGERAIRBAGindicator lampsdent. Ypage41). RSideimpactair bag on the side of impact, ( Your vehicle has two-stage front air bags.independently of the Emergency Tension- During the first deployment stage, the fronting Device and the use of the seat belt on air bag is filled with propellant gas to reducethe driver's seat the risk of injuries. The front air bag is fullyThe side impact air bag on the front- deployed with the maximum amount of pro-passengersidedeploysunderthefollowing pellant gas if a second deployment thresholdconditions: is reached within a few milliseconds.-the OCS system detects that the front- The activation threshold of the Emergencypassenger seat is occupied or TensioningDevicesandtheairbagaredeter--the belt tongue is engaged in the belt minedbyevaluatingtherateofvehicledecel-buckle of the front-passenger seat eration or acceleration which occurs at vari-RHeadbagonthesideofimpact,independ- ouspointsinthevehicle. This process is pre-ently of the use of the seat belt and inde- emptive in nature. Deployment should takependently of whether the front-passenger placeingoodtimeatthestartofthecollision.seat is occupied The rate of vehicle deceleration or accelera-REmergencyTensioning Devices, if the sys- tion and the direction of the force are essen-temdetermines that deployment can offer tially determined by: additional protection in this situation Rthedistribution of forces during the colli-RHeadbagsonthedriver'sandfront- sion passenger side in certain situations when Rthecollision angle the vehicle rolls over, if the system deter- Rthedeformationcharacteristicsofthevehi-minesthatdeploymentcanofferadditional cle protection to that provided by the seat belt RthecharacteristicsoftheobjectwithwhichiNotallairbagsaredeployedinanacci- the vehicle has collided dent. The different air bag systems work Factorswhichcanonlybeseenandmeasuredindependently of each other. after a collision has occurred do not play aHowtheairbagsystemworksisdeter- decisive role in the deployment of an air bag.minedbytheseverityoftheaccidentdetec- Nor do they provide an indication of air bagted, especially the vehicle deceleration or deployment. acceleration and the apparent type of acci- The vehicle can be deformed considerably,dent: withoutanairbagbeingdeployed.ThisistheRfrontal collision case if only parts which are relatively easily deformed are affected and the rate of decel-Rsideimpact eration is not high. Conversely, air bags mayRrollover Z

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