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
The right front passenger’s safety belt works the same
way as the driver’s safety belt. See “Driver Position,’’
earlier in this section.
When the lap portion of the belt is pulled out all the
way,
it
will lock. If it does,
let
it go back all the way and
start again.
If
your vehicle has a center passenger position, be sure
to use the correct buckle when buckling your
lap-shoulder belt. If you find that the latch plate will not
go
fully
into the buckle, see if you are using the buckle
for
the
center passenger position.
Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS)
This part explains the Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS)
or air bag system.
Your Buick has two air bags
--
one air bag
for
the driver
and another air bag for the right front passenger.
Here are the
most
important things to know about the air
bag system:
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 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. 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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