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09/2013

• What is the safest way to ride in front of an air bag?
• How do I best protect children?
• What should teenagers and adults do to be safest on the passenger side?
• How do I stay safe when I am driving?
• Will following these safety tips guarantee that I will be safe in a crash?
• Are air bags the reason back seats are safer for children?

What is the safest way to ride in front o

• How do air bag deaths occur?
• Do both children and adults face risk?

How do air bag deaths occur?

To perform well, an air bag must deploy quickly. The force is greatest in the first 8  cm after the air bag bursts through its cover and begins to inflate. Those 8  cm are the "risk zone." The force decreases as the air bag inflates farther.

• Who should consider deactivating their air bags?
• What is an on-off switch?
• What steps can you take to reduce air bag risk without installing an on-off switch?

Air bags are proven and effective safety devices. Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, air bags saved about 300 lives in Canada. The number of lives saved increases each year, as air bags become more common in vehicles on our roads.

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PREFACE

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Part 1 – General
  • 1.1 - Measurement of Length
  • 1.2 - Definitions
• Part 2 – Tonnage Measurement of Canadian Ships 24 Metres in Length or More
  • 2.1 - General