SEATS&RESTRAINTS
SeatBelts
Itisimportantthatallseatbeltsareworn
correctly.Alwayscheckthatallpassengers
arewearingseatbelts.DONOTcarry
passengersthatareunabletowearcorrectly
positionedseatbelts.Wearingseatbelts
incorrectlymaycauseseriousinjuryoreven
deathintheeventofacollision.
Airbagscannotreplaceseatbelts.Airbags
canonlyprovideextrasupportwhen
triggered,andnotalltrafcaccidents
willtriggerairbags.Whetherairbagsare
triggeredornot,seatbeltscanreducethe
risksofseriousinjuryordeathinaccidents.
Therefore,seatbeltsmustbeworncorrectly.
NEVERunfastenaseatbeltwhilstdriving.
Seriousinjuryordeathmayoccurinthecase
ofanaccidentoremergencybraking.
NEVERfastenthedriverseatbeltorusea
bucklereplacementwhenthedriverseatis
vacantorwhenexitingthevehicle.Insome
situationsthiscouldcausetheengineto
restartautomatically.
Thisvehicleisequippedwithseatbeltwarning
lamptoremindyoutofastenyourseatbelt.
Duringdriving,seatbeltsmustbefastened,thisisbecause:
•Y oucanneverpredictifyouwillbeinvolvedinacollision
accidentandhowseriousitmaybe.
•Inmanycasesofcollisionaccidents,passengerswith
seatbeltscorrectlyfastenedarewell-protected,while
passengerswithseatbeltsnotfastenedsufferfrom
seriousinjuryorevendeath.
Therefore,allpassengersmustwearseatbeltscorrectly,
evenduringshort-distancejourneys.
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