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The driver’s airbag will be included in the basic package of the car. Also currently being finalized for the installation of airbags for the two passengers in the front row.Gorky automobile plant began production of cars “GAZelle NEXT” with a new passive safety system. The system includes front airbags, new seatbelt with pre-tensioners, redesigned steering and instrument panel, multifunction comparadise device control unit security system and a number of other elements. Upon receipt of a signal about collision of the vehicle with another object, the system provides ø seat belts, airbags and disabling fuel supply to the engine to avoid fire.The introduction of a new system driver safety began with the individual modifications of the car “GAZelle NEXT”. Gradually over the year 2020 it will be extended to the entire range of light commercial vehicles of the NEXT family. The driver’s airbag will be included in the basic package of the car.The system implementation was preceded by a long period of design and conduct of multiple test cycles of the car, which included hitting obstacles at different speeds, the testing of protection against false positives, the tests in the conditions of extremely high and extremely low temperatures. The system was developed on the basis of UNECE regulation No. 94, the regulatory requirements for vehicles with regard to the protection of the driver and passengers in the event of a frontal collision.New elements of passive safety will complement a powerful system of protection of the driver and passengers, which was laid in the family NEXT already at the design stage. Important elements of this system are increased body rigidity, programmable deformation zones with the function of absorbing the energy of the frontal impact, the telescopic folding mechanism steering column. Powerful double-wishbone independent front suspension, integrated in a single module with the steering, provides a high level of stability and the controllability when driving at high speeds even on rough roads.GAZ meet all the mandatory requirements of the Rules of the UN and the EU, as well as regulations of the Customs Union for vehicles. During the development of each model is about 60 different types of mandatory certification tests to confirm the compliance of passive and active safety, environmental and General safety requirements. The tests are carried out in Russia in cooperation with FGUP US, and in cooperation with leading European engineering companies.