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Who Should Consider Installing an On-Off Switch?

  • People who must transport infants riding in rear-facing infant seats in the front passenger seat.

  • People who must transport children ages 1 to 12 in the front passenger seat.

  • Drivers who cannot change their customary driving position and keep 10 inches between the center of the steering wheel and the center of their breastbone.

  • People whose doctors say that, due to their medical condition, the air bag poses a special risk that outweighs the risk of hitting their head, neck or chest in a crash if the air bag is turned off.

If you cannot certify that you are, or any user of your vehicle is, in one of these groups, you are not eligible for an on-off switch. Turning off your air bag will not benefit you or the other users of your vehicle. Instead, it will increase the risk that you and the other users will suffer a head, neck or chest injury by violently striking the steering wheel or dashboard in a moderate to severe crash.