Audi R8 2010 - Why safety belts?

Safety belts -
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- Make su re that your passengers also buck le up and wear
their safety bel t s p roperly .
- Protect children with a child restraint system appropriate
for t he size and age .
The warn ing light ,{,.. in the instrument cluster lights up when the igni-
tion is switched on as a reminder to fasten the safety belts. In addi -
t ion, you will hear a warning to ne .
After the ignition is switched on, the warning light will always come
on for abou t 6 secon d s and if t he driver has not fast ened t he safe ty
belt, a wa rning tone will a lso sound fo r abo ut
6 seconds. As soon as
t he drive r has fastened his safety belt, the warning tone will st op and
the warning light will go out.
If the driver or front seat passenger has not buck led up within about
10 se conds afte r t he warn ing tone has stopped and the veh icle is
moving faster than about
15 mph (24 km/h), the warning tone will
so und again for about
6 se conds and t he n st op fo r 24 seco nds and
then repeat this reminder sequence for a maximum of
2 minutes . At
speeds below
5 m ph (8 km/h), the war ning tone will not sound .
Fasten your safety belt and make sure that your passengers also put
on their safety belts properly.
& WARNING
• Safety belt s are the s ingle most effective means available to
reduce th e risk of seriou s injury and death
in automobile acci-
dents. For your protection and that of your passengers , always
wear safety belt s correctly when the vehicle is moving .
• Failure to pay attention to th e warning light that come s on
could lead to personal injury. •
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Why safety belts?
Safety belts protect
People think it 's possible to use the hands to brace the
body in a minor collision. I t 's simply not true!
Fig. 88 Driver is prop-
erly restra ined in a
sudden braking
maneuver.
Safety belts used prope rly can make a big d iffe rence. Safety be lts
help to keep passenge rs in their seats, gradually reduce energy levels
applied to the body in an accident, and he lp prevent t he uncontrolled
movemen t that can cause serious injuries. In addit ion, safety belts
red uce the danger of be ing thrown out of the vehicle.
Safe ty be lts at t ach pa ssengers to the car and g ive them the benefit of
being slowed down more gently or "softly" through the "give" in the
safety belts, crush zones and other safety feat ures engineered int o
today's vehicles. By "absorb ing" the kinetic energy over a longe r
per iod of time, the safe ty belts make the forces on the body more
"tolerable" and less likely to cause injury.
Although these examples are based on a fronta l collision, safety belts
can also s ubstant ially red uce t he risk of injury in othe r kinds of
crashes. So, whether you 're on a long trip or just going to the corner
sto re, a lways buckle up a nd make sure othe rs do, t oo. Accident statis-
tics show that vehicle occupants properly wearing safety be lts have a
lower risk of being injur ed and a muc h bet t er chance of s urviving an
accident . Properly using safety be lts also greatly increases the ability .,_
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