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First rear-seat centre airbag developed.


Toyota Toyota (toi-ō`tə, Jap. tōyō`tä), city (1990 pop. 332,336), Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a major industrial center dominated by the Toyota Motor Company, which produces passenger vehicles and auto parts there.  has developed a world first rear-seat centre airbag airbag
Noun

a safety device in a car, consisting of a bag that inflates automatically in an accident to protect the driver or passenger

airbag nairbag m inv 
 to help reduce the severity of passenger injuries in side-on collisions.

The new Supplemental Restraint System (SRS SRS, SRS-A

see slow-reacting substance.
) airbag is fitted in a large, fixed, rear-seat centre console and will feature in particular Toyota models to be released in the near future.

When the vehicle is hit side-on, the airbag deploys from the top of the console to act as a barrier that helps lessen less·en  
v. less·ened, less·en·ing, less·ens

v.tr.
1. To make less; reduce.

2. Archaic To make little of; belittle.

v.intr.
To become less; decrease.
 injuries caused by passengers colliding with each other or into the console.

Toyota continues to develop and make available its safety technologies to enable its vehicles to better respond to a wider range of accidents.

Toyota intends to further strengthen its traffic safety initiatives in the future by developing safer vehicles and technologies, participating in the creation of safe traffic environments and implementing traffic safety education activities.

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Date:Mar 24, 2009
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