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Seats&Restraints
IMPORTANT
•Alwaysensuretheseatbeltwillnotbecometrapped
inthedooraperturewhenclosingthedoor,damage
willoccur.
•Pullingtheseatbeltouttooquicklymaycauseitto
'lock'.Inthiscase,allowtheseatbelttoretract
slightlyandthenpullitacrossyourbodyslowly.
•Ifitisdifculttopulltheseatbeltout,itmaybedue
totwistedwebbing.Ifthisisthecase,fullyextract
theseatbelt,removethetwist,allowtheseatbelt
toretractslowly.
•Whenusingtherearseatbeltspleaseensurethey
arefullyretractedintothecorrectpositionto
avoidjammingintherearseatcatches.Itisalegal
requirementtowearseatbelts.Eveniftheseatbelt
istwisteditmustbeworn.Wherepossibleavoid
thetwistedsectioncontactingthebodyandseek
advicefromanMGAuthorisedRepairerassoonas
possible.
CorrectRoutingoftheSeatBelts
Ensuretheseatbeltiscorrectlypositionedon
thebody,NEVERcrosstheneckorabdomen,
NEVERpasstheseatbeltbehindthebackor
underthearms.
Whenwearingseatbelts,thelapbeltsectionshouldbe
positionedaslowaspossibleacrossyourhips.NEVER
crosstheabdomen.Intheeventofacollision,thelapbelt
canapplyaforceonthehipsandreducethepossibilityof
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