In moderate to severe frontal or near frontal collisions, even belted occupants can contact the steering wheel or the instrument panel. In moderate to severe side collisions, even belted occupants can contact the inside of the vehicle.
Airbags supplement the protection provided by safety belts by distributing the force of the impact more evenly over the occupant's body.
Rollover capable roof-rail airbags are designed to help contain the head and chest of occupants in the outboard seating positions in the first and second rows. The rollover capable roof-rail airbags are designed to help reduce the risk of full or partial ejection in rollover events, although no system can prevent all such ejections.
But airbags would not help in many types of collisions, primarily because the occupant's motion is not toward those airbags. See When Should an Airbag Inflate?.
Airbags should never be regarded as anything more than a supplement to safety belts.
Ford Fiesta. Instrument Cluster
Gauges
Tachometer
Information display and engine coolant temperature gauge
Speedometer
Fuel gauge
Tripmeter reset button
Compass (If Equipped)
Displays the vehicle's heading direction.
To cal ...
Seat Ibiza. Why wear seat belts?
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics
In the event of a frontal collision, a large amount of kinetic energy is generated.
Fig. 6 Vehicle about to hit a wall: the occupants are not wearing sea ...
Honda Fit. Audio System Theft Protection
The audio system is disabled when it is disconnected from the power source,
such as
when the battery is disconnected or goes dead.
■ Entering the Audio Security Code
ENTER CODE appears on ...