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Airbags


Airbags
  • ·Airbag systems differ from car to car, therefore always check and follow specific advice from the manufacturer or in the owner's hand book. This is particularly important in relation to children and frontal airbags.
  • ·Studies show that airbags reduce severe head injuries in accidents. However airbags are not substitutes for seat belts - they are designed to work with them. Given the speed and force with which an airbag inflates, it is vitally important that you always wear your seat belt and that you do not sit too close to the steering wheel or dashboard. We recommend that the distance between the centre of the steering wheel to your breastbone should be at least 10 inches (25cms).

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For more information on the law on seat belt and child restraint wearing, please contact:
  • Road Safety Branch
  • Department of the Environment
  • Clarence Court
  • 10 – 18 Adelaide Street
  • Belfast
  • BT2 8GB
  • Telephone: 028 90540822