Many of the sensors that are built into seats actually detect the occupant's weight (hope no-one's sensitive about it).

The weight is used in the calculations for a progressive air-bag deployment. How hard/fast the bad inflates will be guaged by the "size" of the occupant.

So, I don't think that you want to just have it go full-force all the time.

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