2006 Chevrolet Corvette Owner's Manual - Page 54

Passenger Sensing System Your vehicle has a passenger sensing system. The passenger airbag status indicator in the rearview mirror will be visible when you start the vehicle. The words ON and OFF or the symbol for on and off, will be visible during the system check. When the system check is complete, either the word ON or the word OFF, or the symbol for on or the symbol for off will be visible. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 3-35. The passenger sensing system will turn off the passenger's frontal airbag and side impact airbag (if equipped) under certain conditions. The driver's frontal airbag and side impact airbag (if equipped) are not part of the passenger sensing system. The passenger sensing system works with sensors that are part of the passenger's seat and safety belt. The sensors are designed to detect the presence of a properly seated occupant and determine if the passenger's frontal airbag and side impact airbag (if equipped) should be enabled (may inflate) or not. Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are restrained in the rear rather than the front seat. General Motors recommends that child restraints be secured in a rear seat, including an infant riding in a rear-facing infant seat, a child riding in a forward-facing child seat and an older child riding in a booster seat. Passenger Airbag Status Indicator - United States You may have a label on your sun visor that says, "Never put a rear-facing child seat in the front." This is because the risk to the rear-facing child is so great if the airbag deploys. Passenger Airbag Status Indicator − Canada 1-48