S a fety belt s
Safety belts
General notes
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts correctly saves lives!
This chapter explains why safety be lts are neces-
sary, how they work and how to adjust and wear
them correctly.
.. Read all the information that follows and heed
all of the instructions and WARNINGS.
&_ WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im-
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
- Safety belts are the s ingle most effective
means ava ilable to reduce the risk of serious
injury and death in automobile acc idents.
For your protect ion and that of your passe n-
gers, always corre ctly wea r safety be lts
when the vehicle is moving.
- Pregnant wome n, injured, o r physically im-
paired persons mus t also use safety be lt s.
Like all vehicle occupants, they are mo re
likely t o be serio us ly injured if they do not
wea r safety be lts. The best way to protect a
fetus is to protect the mother - throughout
the ent ire pregnancy.
Number of seats
Your Aud i TT Coupe has two seating positions in
the front and two height-limited seating posi-
tions in the rear . Each seating position has a safe -
ty belt. The rear seat a rea in your Audi TT Coupe
does not have enough room fo r passengers of all
sizes. For reasons of safety, no perso n taller than
4 ft 9 in (S 7 i n/1.45 m) should ever ride in the
rear seat area.
&_ WARNING
Not wea ring safety belts or wearing them im-
properly increases the risk of serio us personal
injury and death.
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- Never strap more than one person, includ-
ing sma ll children, into any belt. It is espe-
cially dangerous to place a safety be lt over a
child sitting on your lap .
- Never let more people ride in the vehicle
than there are safety be lts available.
- Be sure everyone riding in the vehicle is
proper ly restrained with a separate safety
be lt o r ch ild restraint .
- Persons taller than 4
ft 9 in (57 in/1.45 m)
as well as children in booster seats who are
too close to the rea r window and roof ca n
suffer severe head and neck injuries when
the rea r lid is closed or in a crash.
- The minimum clearance between the pas-
senger's heads and the rear window must
neve r - un de r any circumstances - be less
tha t li n (2.5 cm) when t he passe ngers sit
fu lly upright.
- Always make sure that rea r seat passengers
cannot be str uck when the rear lid is closed.
-4 Safety belt warning light
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver
and front seat passenger to remind you about
the importance of buckling up.
Fig. 14 9 Safety belt warning light in t he instru ment clus-
ter - enlarged
Before driving off , always:
.. Fasten you r safety belt and make sure you wear
it properly.
.,. Make sure tha t your passengers a lso buckle up
and properly wea r t heir safety belts.
.,. Protect child ren with a child rest raint system
app ropr iate for the size and age. .,.
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