A motor vehicle includes a restraint system controlled by a control device, a storage device storing control information for controlling the restraint system, and a computing device. Settling velocity is the rate at which debris will fall through the fluid. The cross member includes at least one floor portion that is depressed relative to a marginal rim, which together with at least one side wall adjoining thereon forms at least one stowage space for receiving items. The duration of the programming pulse applied to the wordline is determined by the number of bits that represent the programmed state.