Mercedes-Benz SL 55, Operator'S Manual

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Safety and Security
Occupant safety
Head-thorax airbags
The head-thorax airbags are deployed:
앫
on the impacted side of the vehicle
앫
in impacts exceeding a preset deploy-
ment threshold
앫
independently of the front airbags
The head-thorax airbags are not deployed
in impacts which do not exceed the sys-
tem’s deployment threshold.
The passenger head-thorax airbag will only
deploy if the system senses that the pas-
senger seat is occupied.
1 Head-thorax airbag
Seat belts
When the engine is started, the seat belt
telltale
<
illuminates to remind you and
your passenger to fasten your seat belts. If
the driver’s seat belt is not fastened before
the engine is started, the seat belt
telltale
<
illuminates and a warning
chime sounds for approximately six sec-
onds when the engine is started.
The use of seat belts and infant and child
restraint systems is required by law in all
50 states, the District of Columbia, the
U.S. territories, and all Canadian provinc-
es. Even where this is not the case, all ve-
hicle occupants should have their seat
belts fastened whenever the vehicle is in
motion.
For information on fastening seat belts,
see “Fastening the seat belts” (
컄
page 40).
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For information on infants and children
traveling with you in the vehicle and re-
straint systems for infants and chil-
dren, see “Children in the vehicle”
(
컄
page 70).