Federal regulations require that car makers install passive restraints on an increasing proportion of their production over the next few model years.

Every new car is also required to have a "passive restraint," which in most cases is met by an air bag.

As a truck, the Bravada is not required to have passive restraints, but it would have been a nice gesture.

Child safety seats provide passive restraints and must be properly used to be effective.

The move was partly impelled by Federal regulations encouraging passive restraints, though Chrysler has gone further than required.

Starting with 1987 models, all domestic and import car makers were required by the 1984 law to begin phasing in passive restraints.

Many automobile insurers offer a discount on premiums for personal-injury coverage for cars with passive restraints.

Only a few other states require such discounts, but many insurance companies voluntarily grant discounts for passive restraints and anti-theft devices.

New York's law requiring discounts for passive restraints was the first in the country when enacted in 1984.

These passive restraints are not merely neutral; they have actually discouraged safe practices.