1998 Honda Accord Owner's Manual - Page 9

v Main Menu Table of Contents Your Vehicle's Safety Features Airbags Following are the most important things you need to know about your airbags. Airbags do not replace seat belts. Airbags can pose serious hazards. They supplement seat belts by providing extra protection for the heads and chests of front seat occupants. Airbags offer no protection in side impacts, rear impacts, rollovers, or minor or moderate collisions. To do their job, airbags must inflate with tremendous force and speed. So while airbags save lives, they can cause serious injuries to adults and larger children who are not wearing seat belts, are not wearing them properly, are sitting too close to the airbag, or are not sitting in a good position. Infants and small children are at an even greater risk of injury or death. What you should do: Always wear your seat belt properly and sit upright and as far back as possible from the steering wheel or dashboard. Your vehicle has a Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) with frontal airbags to help protect the driver and a front seat passenger. This system also includes an indicator light on the instrument panel to alert you to a possible problem with the system. Airbags are designed to deploy only during a severe frontal collision (such as a 25 mph [40 km/h] crash into a parked car of similar size and weight). SRS Driver and Passenger Safety w