Abstract: An apparatus and method for an air bag safety demonstration vehicle is claimed. The vehicle provides a simulation of the front seat of an automobile, complete with steering wheel, dashboard simulator, one or more car seats, and one or more seat belts. The vehicle provides for demonstration of a driver's side and passenger's side frontal air bag. The vehicle is used to simulate the dangers of automobile air bags and the criticality of proper seat belt usage to minimize these dangers.

Abstract: An emergency telephone number alerting and guidance process to guide emergency responders to the exact scene of an emergency declared by dialing the emergency services notification (ESN) telephone number consisting of the following steps: a decoder detecting the ESN telephone number as it is dialed on the telephone instrument; the decoder communicating via a low power, unlicenced radio link to a remotely located guidance beacon assembly informing it of the presence of the ESN detection; and, the beacon responding to the ESN detection signal by initiating a distress guidance signal. The distress guidance signal comprising of a visual strobe light and a pulsating radio signal which signal may be used by a radio direction finder. A system to implement this guidance process consisting of a decoder and guidance beacon assembly.