Child Passenger Safety Glossary of Terms
This area is designed to provide consumers with a generalized view of important child passenger safety terms.
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- Passenger air bag
An air bag that is in the right front part of the passenger compartment. It is larger than the driver bag and would restrain either center or right front occupants.
- Passenger occupant protection
Features of the vehicle that lessen the injury to the occupant without any action taken by the occupant.
- Pretensioners
Integrated in some belt retractor systems to remove excess slack from L/S belt instantaneously with the crash. Uses the same electronic crash sensor as the vehicle's air bag.
- Primary prevention
Stopping an incident before it happens or preventing a resultant injury from an incident that has already occurred.
- Rebound
Reactive motion in the opposite direction after initial impact has occurred.
- Recalls
Actions to correct problems or deficiencies once products have been distributed or sold. Manufacturers must offer free repairs or replacement for products recalled for violations of safety standards.
- Retractor
A mechanism that rolls up the unused webbing of the safety belt when it is not in use and takes up slack around the user.
- Retrofitted shoulder belt
A shoulder belt that is added to an existing vehicle belt system. Most often in the rear seat outboard positions. Most manufacturers make kits for older model vehicles.
Supplimental information provided by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. For further information, go to http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/CPS/.
