SEATS&RESTRAINTS
SeatBelts
Itisimportantthatallseatbeltsareworn
correctly.Alwayscheckthatallpassengers
arewearingseatbelts.DONOTcarry
passengersthatareunabletowearcorrectly
positionedseatbelts.Wearingseatbelts
incorrectlymaycauseseriousinjuryoreven
deathintheeventofacollision.
Airbagscannotreplaceseatbelts.Airbags
canonlyprovideextrasupportwhen
triggered,andnotalltrafcaccidents
willtriggerairbags.Whetherairbagsare
triggeredornot,seatbeltscanreducethe
risksofseriousinjuryordeathinaccidents.
Therefore,seatbeltsmustbewornproperly.
NEVERunfastenaseatbeltwhilstdriving,
seriousinjuryordeathmayoccurinthecase
ofanaccidentoremergencybraking.
Thisvehicleisequippedwithaseatbeltwarning
lamptoremindyoutofastenyourseatbelt.
Duringdriving,seatbeltsmustbefastened,thisisbecause:
•Y oucanneverpredictifyouwillbeinvolvedinacollision
accidentandhowseriousitmaybe.
•Inmanycasesofcollisionaccidents,passengerswith
seatbeltsproperlyfastenedarewell-protected,while
passengerswithseatbeltsnotfastenedsufferfrom
seriousinjuryorevendeath.
Therefore,allpassengersmustwearseatbeltscorrectly,
evenduringshort-distancejourneys.
ProtectionProvidedbySeatBelts
Itisofequalimportanceforpassengersinthe
rearseattofastentheirseatbeltscorrectly.
Otherwise,passengerswithseatbeltsnot
correctlyfastenedwillbethrownforwardin
accidents,andwillendangerthemselvesas
wellasthedriverandotherpassengers.
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