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Air bags are designed to work only in moderate to
severe crashes where the front of your vehicle hits
something. They aren’t designed to inflate at all in
rollover, rear, side or low

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speed frontal crashes.

And, for unrestrained occupants, Next Generation
air bags may provide less protection in frontal
crashes than more forceful air bags have provided
in the past. Everyone in your vehicle should wear a
safety belt properly 

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 whether or not there’s an air

bag for that person.

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Air bags inflate with great force, faster than the
blink of an eye. If you’re too close to an inflating
air bag, as you would be if you were leaning
forward, it could seriously injure you. This is true
even with Next Generation frontal air bags. Safety

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belts help keep you in position before and during a
crash. Always wear your safety belt, even with
Next Generation air bags. The driver should sit as
far back as possible while still maintaining control
of the vehicle.

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Children who are up against, or very close to, any
air bag when it inflates can be seriously injured
or killed. This is true even though your vehicle
has Next Generation frontal air bags. Air bags
plus lap

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shoulder belts offer the best protection

for adults, but not for young children and
infants. Neither the vehicle’s safety belt system
nor its air bag system is designed for them.

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