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:$crash.
For
pregnant women,
as
for anyone, the
key
to
making
safety belts effective
is
wearing them properly.
Right Front Passenger Position
To
learn how to wear the right front passenger’s
safety belt properly, see “Driver Position” earlier in
this section.
The right front passenger’s safety belt works the same
way as the driver’s safety belt
--
except for one thing. If
you ever pull the lap portion of the belt out
all
the way,
you will engage the child restraint locking feature. If
this happens, just let the belt
go
back
all
the way and
start again.
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint
(SIR)
System
This part explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint
(SIR)
system or air bag system.
Your vehicle 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:
A
CAUTIOA..
You can be severely injured or killed in a crash
if
you aren’t wearing your safety belt
--
even
if
you
&@ve air bags. Wearing your safety belt during
a
&ash 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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