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F or y o ur p ers o n al s a f e ty w h e n a dju sting
th e s e at p o sitio n, pl e as e follo w th e
instru c tio ns b elo w c ar e f ully:
N ev er try to a dju st y o ur s e at w hile
drivin g th e v e hicle. Th e s e at c o ul d
re s p o n d with a n u n e x p e cte d m o v e -
m e nt, a n d th e e n suin g lo ss of v e hicl e
c o ntrol c o ul d le a d to a n a c cid e nt.
B e s ur e th a t th e s af e ty b e lt re m ain s
firmly a g ainst y o ur b o dy a t all ti m es. In
th e ev e nt of a fro nt al im p a ct, a lo o s e la p
b elt c o uld slid e ov er th e hip s, le a din g to
a b d o min al injury. In a d ditio n, th e s af e ty
b elt's re straint eff e ctiv e n e s s is re d u c e d
if th e b e lt is w orn lo o s e ly.
N ev er rid e with th e b a c kre st re clin e d to
a n e xtre m e a n gle (e s p e cially im p ort a nt
for th e front p ass e n g er t o re m e m b er),
oth erwis e, y ou ru n th e risk of slidin g
un d er th e s af ety b elt d urin g a n a c ci-
d e nt, th us n e g atin g th e prot e ctio n th e
saf ety b elt provid e s. <
Correct sitting posture
T o re d u c e strain o n th e s pin al c olu m n,
sit all th e w a y b a c k in th e s e at a n d re st
yo ur b a ck f ully a g ain st th e b a c kre st.
Th e id e al sittin g p o sture is a c hie v e d
with y o ur h e a d e xt e n din g fro m y o ur
s pin e in a straig ht lin e .
F or lo n g- dista n c e drivin g, y o u m ay wish
to in cre a s e th e b a c kre st a n gl e slig htly
to re d u c e m us c ular t e nsio n. Y o u sh o uld
b e a bl e to gra s p th e ste erin g w h e el at
its hig h e st p oint with yo ur arm s slig htly
b e nt.
1 B a ck w ard / F or w ard a d justm e n t
2 C u s hio n h eig ht
3 B a ckre st a ngle
F ollo w th e s e tting instru c tio ns o n
this p a g e . F ailure to d o so c o uld
re s ult in diminish e d p erso n al s af e ty. <
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