MG HS - Seat Belt

LEAVEHOMESAFE
SeatBelt
Itisimportantthatallseatbeltsare
worncorrectly.Alwayscheckthatall
passengersarewearingseatbelts.DO
NOTcarrypassengersthatareunable
towearcorrectlypositionedseatbelts.
Wearingseatbeltsincorrectlymaycause
seriousinjuryorevendeathintheeventof
acollision.
Seatbeltscannotfunctioncorrectlywhen
theseatsarereclinedexcessively.DO
NOTdrivewhentheseatsareexcessively
reclined.
NEVERunfastenaseatbeltwhilstdriving,
seriousinjuryordeathmayoccurinthe
eventofanaccidentoremergencybraking.
Neverfastenthedriverseatbeltorusea
bucklereplacementwhenthedriverseatis
vacantorwhenexitingthevehicle.
Thisvehicleisequippedwithaseatbelt
warninglamptoremindyoutofastenyourseatbelt.Refer
to"WarningLampsandIndicators"in"Instrumentsand
Controls"sectionfordetails.
Whenthevehicleismoving,seatbeltsmustbefastened
foralloccupants.Because:
•Y oucanneverpredictifyouwillbeinvolvedinacollision
accidentandhowseriousitmaybe.
•Theexperiencehasclearlydemonstratedthatwhether
theoccupantiseffectivelyprotectedhasalottodo
withwhethertheseatbeltisproperlywornornotin
manycollisionaccidents!Intheeventofacollisionor
emergencybraking,theseatbeltswillbeautomatically
tightened.Whentheseatbeltisworncorrectly,the
strongestboneinyourbodywillbeartheimpactforce
toreduceyourspeedtogetherwiththevehicle,soasto
preventtheout-of-controlmovementwhichmaycause
seriousinjurytodriverandoccupants.
Therefore,alloccupantsmustwearseatbeltscorrectly,
evenduringshort-distancejourneys.
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