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6.4 Occupant protection General The comprehensive occupant protection system used in the 911 Carrera models (991) includes the following main components: • Two-stage, full size airbags for the driver and passenger • Porsche Side Impact Protection System (POSIP) comprising: - Head airbags for driver and passenger integrated in the door panels - Thorax side airbags in the front seats for driver and passenger - Side impact protection in the doors • Safety steering column • 3-point automatic seat belts
• Roll-over sensor • ISOFIX brackets on the rear seats, top-tether anchor on the rear shelf and ISOFIX preparation on the passenger seat for securing a child seat
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The driver and passenger are protected by full-size airbags, which are deployed in two stages depending on the severity and type of accident, e.g. head-on or diagonally from the front. Two sensors at the front of the vehicle detect a crash together with the sensor technology in the airbag control unit and accurately evaluate this information in just fractions of a second. In less severe accidents, the occupants are restrained by the first stage. The airbag is softer in this stage, reducing the stress on the occupants.
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• Seat-belt pretensioners (front) and force limiters (front)
