Safety
Belt
Use
During
Pregnancy
Safety belts work for-everyonej including pregnant
women. Like all occupants, they are
more
likely to
be
seriously injured
if
they don’t wear safety belts.
A
pregnant woman
should
wear a lap-shoulder belt, and
the
lap portion
should
be
w.orn
as
low
as
possible, below
the
rounding,
throughout
the
pregnancy.
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. ef€ective- 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 shoulder b,elt is pulled
out
all the
way,
it
will
lock. If-it does,
let
it
go
back all the way
and
start
again.
Center Passenger Position
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