today i was driving down my road and i noticed out of the corner of my eye the SRS light blinking in my E30. if you keep driving it ends up just staying lit up. i know next to nothing about my SRS system, and the car manual just says that if it is doing that then it is malfunctioning (thanks bmw

) i looked in my bentley manual and it says that since it is a pretty sophisticated complex system that requires special skills, they would not go into it in that manual.
does anyone have any information on what this means for my srs system? since i know nothing about this system i am somewhat scared of it since it does come out with considerable force. . .
any help would be appreciated, thanks