VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE BELT RETRACTOR OF SUCH A VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINING SYSTEM

The invention suggests a vehicle occupant restraint system (), comprising central sensor electronics () which can generate a locking signal; at least one belt retractor () which includes an electromechanical locking system (); drive electronics () which is assigned to and can activate the locking system () of the belt retractor () in reaction to a locking signal; a bus system () to which the sensor electronics () and the drive electronics () are connected; and a line () separate from the bus system () which connects the drive electronics () to the sensor electronics (). Further, a method of controlling at least one belt retractor () of a vehicle occupant restraint system () is suggested in which the following steps are provided: