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
To learn how to wear the right front passenger’s safety
belt properly, see “Driver Position’’ earlier in this section.
The right front passenger’s safety belt works the same
way as the driver’s safety belt
--
except for one thing. If
you ever pull the shoulder portion of the belt out all the
way, you will engage the child restraint locking feature.
If this happens, just let the belt go back all the way and
start again.
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
This part explains the Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS) or air bag system.
Your vehicle has two air bags
--
one air bag for the
driver
and
another air bag for the right front passenger.
The air bags in your vehicle may be “Next Generation”
reduced-force frontal air bags.
If your vehicle has a label on the driver’s side door
window, then your vehicle has reduced-force frontal air
bags.
If
your vehicle doesn’t have a label, then the air
bags
in
your vehicle aren’t reduced-force.
Reduced-force frontal air bags are designed to help
reduce the risk of injury from the force
of
an inflating
air bag. But even these air bags must inflate very
quickly if they are to
do
their job and comply with
federal regulations.
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