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.
Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS)
This
part explains the Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS)
or air bag system.
Your vehicle has “Next Generation” reduced-force
frontal
air
bags
--
one air bag for the
driver
and
another
air
bag
for the right front passenger.
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.
Here are the most important things
to
know
about the air
bag system:
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A
CAUTION:
-
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
--
even reduced-force
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. And, for
unrestrained occupants, reduced-force air bags
may provide less protection in frontal crashes
than more forceful air
bags
have
provided
in
the
past. 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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