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thar protect the head and
st body from injury in a

They prevent the d $s
head trom hitting the steczing,
wheel and the front passen-
ger’s head from striking the
dashboard.

While air bags save many
lives cach year, they do nor
protect in all kinds of crashes.

They deploy in frontal
impacts only, and not in rear-
end collisions, side impacts or
roll-overs.

They may also deploy in
low-speed collisions — some-
times as low as 15 kilometres
per hour.

Seat belts, on the other
hand, protect the entire bady
and are effective in all types of
collisions.

In low and modecrate-speed
impacts, scat belts alone pro-
vide all the protection a person
really needs.

_Air bags are most effective
in high-speed crashes, where
they are often necessary to pre-
vent serious injury. -

Together, seat belts and air ;

‘bags offer good protection in
" most collisions, as long as the
passenger compartment is not

. extensively crushed.
Air bags cushion the head
as it moves forward after an

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RON Groves of North Van's Levett Auto Service checks out a driver's side air bag

atter it has been deployed.

impact.

However, they expand with
explosive speed.

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