Scania's new truck generation can be equipped with rollover side curtain airbags integrated into the headliner moulding above the doors - a unique solution which has never previously been offered in trucks. Scania's rollover side curtain airbags provide significantly-enhanced protection for those travelling in the vehicle in the event of a rollover, one of the most serious types of truck accidents.

"The use of a seat belt is essential to allow the safety systems to do their job and to ensure that the driver is not thrown out of the cab," says Christofer Karlsson, who is responsible for the development of Scania's crash safety system. "Our rollover side curtain airbag - particularly when combined with the steering wheel airbag and our seat belt pretensioners - ensures that the driver and any passengers on board will have a much better chance of surviving a rollover accident in one of the new generation of Scania trucks, with far less severe consequences than would be the case in any other truck."

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