A passenger restraint device of a motor vehicle comprises a plurality of
predicting devices each being able to predict or detect a collision of
the vehicle with an obstacle in front of the vehicle. A sensitivity
adjusting device is able to adjust a sensitivity of at least one of the
predicting devices. Reversible passenger restraining devices are able to
reversibly restrain a passenger in the vehicle. Non-reversible passenger
restraining devices are able to non-reversibly restrain the passenger in
the vehicle. A control unit, based on a signal from the one of the
predicting devices that has been subjected to the sensitivity adjustment
by the sensitivity adjusting device, controls operation of the reversible
and non-reversible passenger restraining devices.