Adaptive Restraints
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One of the prime examples of active and passive safety integration already available on vehicles is TRW's Active Control Retractor (ACR) seat belt system. ACR uses signals from active safety systems such as Electronic Stability Control or Brake Assist to sense a possible loss of lateral vehicle control or an emergency stop situation. Once a potentially dangerous situation is sensed, the ACR seat belt rapidly removes slack to help better position the occupant for a possible collision. If the collision is avoided, the ACR will release after several seconds and return to normal seat belt mode.
