Airbags and Safety Steering. S.R.S. (SRS stands for "supplemental resistant system").The European style airbag is a head and face bag, which means in effect that it is designed to protect the head and face during an upfront collision. It is of importance to know that the Safety Steering S.R.S. is designed to supplement the existing seats belts in a vehicle and not to replace them. The system is not designed to replace factory-installed air bags that have been deployed in the accident.



Various tests indicated that seat belts do a good job for driver body protection in a up front collision, but they do not always keep the driver's head from colliding with other objects , normally the steering wheel, which can result in injury and in certain cases death. The air bag is designed for extra protection in addition to the original seatbelts and is adding an additional margin of safety. When the bag fills the gap between the driver and the steering wheel when it deploys. A cushion is the provided to to absorb the force of the impact and prevent the driver's head or face from hitting the steering wheel by the inflated airbag.

The Safety Steering air bag features a "mechanical" impact sensor, which is the simplest, most reliable type of triggering mechanism.Unlike most original equipment air bag systems that rely on a complex web of crash sensors, safety sensors, wiring and an electronic control module, the mechanical impact sensor is virtually fail-safe. The crash sensor, which is self-contained within the steering wheel air bag module, consists of a steel ball within a tube. When a frontal impact of sufficient force occurs, the ball is dislodged and slides down the tube, releasing a firing pin that ignites the inflator. The bag deploys in 30 to 55 milliseconds (less time than it takes to blink your eyes), which is just as fast as an original equipment air bag.

Before the bag will deploy, the crash sensor has to experience an impact force of about 20 G's which is seven times the force of gravity. This would be the same as driving into a solid object at the speed of 20-40 km/h or driving into another vehicle at a speed of 40 km/h. The collision speed at which the bag will be ignited and deploy, depends on many variables such as the angle of impact, the stiffness of the body, the stiffness of the chassis, the mass of the vehicle or truck, etc., What can be said with certainty is that the airbag will activated when needed.

An advantage of airbags with a mechanical crash sensors is that it does eliminate the need for expensive electronics and wiring .Crash sensors can therefore be packed with the inflator in the air bag module, which greatly simplifies replacement and installation. The system functions independent of the vehicle's electrical system. The airbag's mechanical crash sensor can be packed as a self-contained unitand therefore it can be easily installed on a variety ofvehicles as long as there is a steering wheel for the vehicle to accept the air bag unit and that the crash testing has been done to make sure the sensor has the correct level of sensitivity for the vehicle to ignite at the right time.

Though it's relatively simple to replace a steering wheel and bolt on one with an air bag, the safety steering wheel isn't a "one-size-fits-all" air bag. The bag has to "fit" the application, which means different inflators and crash sensors are requires for different vehicle applications. An air bag with a crash sensor that's set for a light-weight Chana LDV, for example, may not deploy at the right speed if used in a heavier vehicle such as a full-sized Toyota Landcruiser. So currently five different inflator assemblies make up the air bag system.

With ann upfron collision at a speed of less than 8 km/h, the bag will activate and not be deployed. At the speed of 8 to 25 km/h the possibility for the air bag to deploy is then relatively higher. When the speed is over 25 km/h the air bag will definitely deploy on impact. The angle of impact (not more than 30degrees with frontal collision with another vehicle), the speed on impact and solidness of the object, as well as various other factors has a direct influence on the deployment of these airbags.

The air bag will not deploy when overturning or collision from behind. Approved technician are required for installation of the airbags and they will select the appropriate module for the specific application, then remove the stock steering wheel and install a the new steering wheel which includes the airbag. Ths product creates opportunity for our customers to comply with safety requirements. They also have the advantage to sell their products on markets which was not in their each before. Safety Steering Airbags saves lives and limits injuries.