A vehicle airbag and restraint system includes a vehicle seat positioned in a vehicle. At least one pressure sensor is included with the vehicle seat to sense when a user is in contact with the vehicle seat. At least one airbag is opened in response to a vehicle crash event. A controller determines when the user is seated on the vehicle seat in a position different than a normally upright position thereby defining the user being out-of-position, and generates a signal applied by the controller to modify an opening sequence of the at least one airbag when the user is out-of-position.

A vehicle airbag and restraint system includes a vehicle seat positioned in a vehicle. At least one pressure sensor is included with the vehicle seat to sense when a user is in contact with the vehicle seat. At least one airbag is opened in response to a vehicle crash event. A controller determines when the user is seated on the vehicle seat in a position different than a normally upright position thereby defining the user being out-of-position, and generates a signal applied by the controller to modify an opening sequence of the at least one airbag when the user is out-of-position.

The disclosure relates to a method for automatically carrying out safety measures when a vehicle drives on a shoulder differing from a roadway, comprising the following: detecting the shoulder which differs from the roadway and laterally adjoins the roadway by means of a detection apparatus of the vehicle, providing information regarding the position and/or type of the shoulder to the vehicle, recognizing that the vehicle is driving on the shoulder by means of an electronic evaluation unit, dangerous evaluating a situation which accompanies the driving of the vehicle on the shoulder and/or can accompany the same in the future, by means of the electronic evaluation unit, and carrying out a safety measure by tensioning at least one safety belt of a restraint system of the vehicle depending on the evaluated dangerous situation.