Seats&Restraints
SeatBelts
Itisimportantthatallseatbeltsareworn
correctly.Alwayscheckthatallpassengersare
wearingseatbelts.DONOTcarrypassengers
thatareunabletowearcorrectlypositioned
seatbelts.Wearingseatbeltsincorrectlymay
causeseriousinjuryorevendeathintheevent
ofacollision.
Airbagscannotreplaceseatbelts.Airbagscan
onlyprovideextrasupportwhentriggered,
andnotalltrafcaccidentswilltrigger
airbags.Whetherairbagsaretriggeredornot,
seatbeltscanreducetherisksofseriousinjury
ordeathinaccidents.Therefore,seatbelts
mustbeworncorrectly.
Neverunfastenaseatbeltwhilstdriving.
Seriousinjuryordeathmayoccurinthecase
ofanaccidentoremergencybraking.
Neverfastenthedriverseatbeltorusea
bucklereplacementwhenthedriverseatis
vacantorwhenexitingthevehicle.Thiscould
causetheenginetorestartautomatically.
Thisvehicleisequippedwithseatbeltwarning
lamptoremindyoutofastenyourseatbelt.
Duringdriving,seatbeltsmustbefastened.Because:
Y oucanneverpredictifyouwillbeinvolvedinacollision
accidentandhowseriousitmaybe.
Inmanycasesofcollisionaccidents,passengerswith
seatbeltscorrectlyfastenedarewell-protected,while
passengerswithseatbeltsnotfastenedsufferfrom
seriousinjuryorevendeath.Experienceshaveclearly
demonstratedthatwhetherornotproperlyfastenseat
beltsdoesmatterinmanycollisionaccidents!
Therefore,allpassengersmustwearseatbeltscorrectly,
evenduringshort-distancejourneys.
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