Audi TT Coupe 2016 - Safety Belts

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 l ts 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.
A WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im-
properly
increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
- Safety belts are the single most effective
means ava il able to reduce the risk of serious
injury and death in automobile acci dents.
For your protect ion and that of your passen-
gers, always correctly wear safety bel ts
when the vehicle is moving.
-
Pregnant wome n, injur ed, or physically im-
paired
persons mus t al so u se safety be lt s.
L
ik e all vehicle occu pants, they are mo re
likely to
be seriously injured if t h ey do not
wear safety bel ts. The best way to protect a
fetus is to protect the mother - throughout
the ent ire pregnancy.
Number of seats
Your Aud i TI 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 ar ea in your Audi TT Coupe
does not have enough room for 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 ri de in the
rear seat area.
A WARNING
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Not wea ring safety belts or wearing them im-
properly
increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
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- Never strap mo re than one person, includ-
ing
sma ll children, into any belt. It is espe-
cially dangerous to place a safety belt over a
child
sitting on your lap.
- Never
let more people ri de in the vehicle
than there are safety be l ts available.
-
Be sure everyone riding in the vehicle is
proper ly restrained with a separate safety
be lt or ch il d restraint .
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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 can
suffer severe head and neck injuries when
the rear li d is cl osed or in a crash .
- The
minimum clearance between the pas-
senger's heads and the r ear window must
never - under any cir cumstances - be less
tha t l in (2.5 cm) wh en t he passe n gers sit
ful ly u pright.
- Always make sure that re ar seat passengers
ca nnot 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 5 Safety belt warn in g light in the in stru m ent clus-
ter - enlar ged
Before driving off , always:
... Fasten your safety belt and make sure you wear
it properly.
... Make sure tha t your passengers al so buckle up
and properly wea r t heir safety belts.
... Protect childr en with a child rest r aint system
appropr i ate for the size and age.