The best way to protect
the
fetus is to protect the
mother. When a safety belt is worn properly, it’s more
likely that the fetus won’t be hurt in a crash. For
pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making
safety belts effective is wearing them properly.
Right Front Passenger Position
To learn how to wear the right front passenger’s safety
belt properly, see “Driver Position” earlier
in
this section.
The right front passenger’s safety belt works the same
way as the driver’s safety belt
--
except for one thing.
If you ever pull the lap portion
of
the belt out all the
way, you will engage the child restraint locking feature.
If
this happens, just let the belt
go
back all the way and
start again.
Air Bag System
This part explains the air bag system.
Your vehicle has “Next Generation” reduced-force
frontal air bags
--
one air bag for the driver and another
air bag for the right front passenger.
Reduced-force frontal air bags are designed to help
reduce the risk of injury from the force of an inflating
air bag.
But
even these air bags must inflate very
quickly if they are to do their
job
and comply with
federal regulations.
Here are the most important things to know about the
air bag system:
A
CAUTION:
You can be severely injured
or
killed in a crash if
you aren’t wearing your safety belt
--
even if you
have air bags. Wearing your safety belt during a
crash helps reduce your chance of hitting things
inside the vehicle or being ejected from
it.
Air
bags are “supplemental restraints’’ to the safety
belts. All air bags
--
even reduced-force air
bags
--
are designed to work with safety belts,
but don’t replace them.
Air
bags are designed to
work only in moderate to severe crashes where the
front
of
your vehicle hits something. They aren’t
designed to inflate at all in rollover, rear, side or
low-speed frontal crashes. And, for unrestrained
occupants, reduced-force air bags may provide
less protection in frontal crashes than more
forceful air bags have provided in the past.
Everyone in your vehicle should wear
a
safety belt
properly
--
whether or not there’s an air bag for
that person.
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