Mercedes Benz Maybach S600 page 61

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Occupantsafety 59 Yourvehiclehastwo-stagefrontairbags.DuringThe side impact air bag on the front- the first deployment stage, the front air bag ispassenger side (front) deploys under the fol- filled with propellant gas to reduce the risk oflowing conditions: injuries. The front air bag is fully deployed with-the OCS system detects that the front- themaximumamountofpropellantgasifasec- passenger seat is occupied or onddeployment threshold is reached within a-the belt tongue is engaged in the belty few milliseconds. buckle of the front-passenger seat The activation threshold of the Emergency Ten-RWindowcurtainairbagonthesideofimpact, sioning Devices and the air bag are determinedindependently of the use of the seat belt andSafet byevaluatingtherateofvehicledecelerationorindependently of whether the front- acceleration which occurs at various points inpassenger seat is occupied the vehicle. This process is pre-emptive in nature. Deployment should take place in goodREmergencyTensioningDevices,ifthesystem time at the start of the collision. determines that deployment can offer addi- The rate of vehicle deceleration or accelerationtional protection in this situation and the direction of the force are essentiallyRWindowcurtainair bags on the driver's and determined by: front-passenger side in certain situations whenthevehicle rolls over, if the system Rthedistribution of forces during the collisiondetermines that deployment can offer addi- Rthecollision angle tional protection to that provided by the seat Rthedeformationcharacteristicsofthevehiclebelt Rthecharacteristics of the object with whichiNotallairbagsaredeployedinanaccident. the vehicle has collided Thedifferent air bag systems work independ- Factors which can only be seen and measuredently of each other. after a collision has occurred do not play a deci-Howtheairbagsystemworksisdetermined sive role in the deployment of an air bag. Nor doby the severity of the accident detected, they provide an indication of air bag deploy-especially the vehicle deceleration or accel- ment. eration and the apparent type of accident: Thevehiclecanbedeformedconsiderably,with-RFrontal collision outanairbagbeingdeployed.Thisisthecaseif only parts which are relatively easily deformedRSideimpact are affected and the rate of deceleration is notRRollover high.Conversely,airbagsmaybedeployedeven though the vehicle suffers only minor deforma- tion. This is the case if, for example, very rigidPRE-SAFE®(anticipatory occupant vehicle parts such as longitudinal body mem-protection system) bers are hit, and sufficient deceleration occurs as a result. Introduction If thecontrolunitoftherestraintsystemdetects ® a side impact or a vehicle rollover, the relevantIn certain hazardous situations, PRE-SAFE mareactiva- takespre-emptivemeasurestoprotectthevehi- componentsoftherestraint syste ted separately depending on the anticipatedcle occupants. type of accident. RSideimpactair bags on the side where theImportant safety notes impact takes place, independently of theMakesurethatthere are no objects in the EmergencyTensioning Device and the use of! the seat belt on the driver's seat and outerfootwellorbehindtheseats.Thereisadanger seats in the second row that the seats and/or objects could be dam- ®is activated. aged when PRE-SAFE Despite your vehicle being equipped with the ®system, the possibility of personal PRE-SAFE injuries occurring as a result of an accident can- not be eliminated. Always adapt your driving Z

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