The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the
mother. When a safety belt is worn properly, it’s more
likely that the fetus won’t be hurt in a crash. For’
pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making
safety belts effective is wearing them properly.
Right Front Passenger Position
The right front passenger’s safety belt works the same
way as the driver’s safety belt. See “Driver Position,”
earlier in this section.
When the lap portion of the belt is pulled out all the
way, it will lock.
If
it does, let it go back all the way
and
start
again.
If
your vehicle has
a
center passenger position, be sure
to use the correct buckle when buckling your
lap-shoulder belt.
If
you find that the latch plate will not
go fully into the buckle, see
if
you are using the buckle
for the center passenger position.
Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS)
This
part explains the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
or
air
bag system.
Your Oldsmobile has two air bags
--
one air bag for the
driver and another air bag for the right front passenger.
Here are the most important things to
know
about the
air bag system:
You
can be severely injured or killed in
a
crash if
you aren’t wearing your safety belt
--
even
if
you
have air bags. Wearing your safety belt during
a
crash helps reduce your chance of hitting things
inside the vehicle or being ejected from it. Air
bags are “supplemental restraints’’ to the safety
belts. All air bags are designed to work with
safety belts, but don’t replace them.
Air
bags
are designed to work only in moderate to severe
crashes where the front of your vehicle hits
something. They aren’t designed to inflate at
all in rollover, rear, side or low-speed frontal
crashes. Everyone in your vehicle should wear
a
safety belt properly
--
whether or not there’s an
air bag for that person.
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