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DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF THE DAIMLER-BENZ AIR BAG SYSTEM CONSISTING OF 4 BASIC COMPONENTS: A SENSOR, A GAS GENERATOR, THE AIR BAG, AND A KNEE BOLSTER. THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WERE STUDIED IN MORE THAN 2000 TESTS: NOISE PRESSURE-LEVEL TESTS DURING INFLATION, SIMULATED CRASHES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH OCCUPANTS OF DIFFERENT SIZES, FULL-SCALE IMPACT TESTS WITH DIFFERENT VEHICLE MODELS, SPEEDS AND IMPACT ANGLES, ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS FOR GAS GENERATORS AND SENSORS, EMI TESTS, AND IMPACT TESTS USING HUMAN VOLUNTEERS. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF SECTION 5 SEE IRRD 266063. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD 266046.