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sengers. Proper use
and care of these
belts
w
ill
assme continuance of
this security.
LIFT TO
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LOOSEN
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Standard Lap Belts - After the front seat
has
been adjusted
to the satisfaction
of the
driver,
grasp the buckle
end
and the flat
metal
"eye"
end of your
individual belt
assembly
and position
the belt across the
lap as
LOW ON THE HIPS AS POS-
SIBLE. Insert the metal eye into the
open
end
of the buckle until
an
audible
snap
is
heard. Make sure the
connection
is
secure
and adjust
the belt
to
a SNUG FIT by
pulling on the
end of
the belt extending
from the
buckle.
The snug
and
low
posi-
tions
are
essential
in order that the force
exerted
by the lap belt in
a collision
may
be spread
over the
strong hip bone
struc-
ture and
not
across the
soft abdominal
area.
For retractor equipped
belts, pull
the retractor half
of the belt
to
a solid stop
to make sure that
the
belt webbing is
completely
unwound from the retractor
drum, then
connnect
the belt and make
the necessary
adjustments at the
buckle
for proper fit. To
lengthen
a
lap
belt,
place
the
buckle
at
right
angles
to the
belt webbing. The belt will
then
slide
easily through
the
buckle.
To release the
lap belt, simply
degress the push button
located in the
center
of the
buckle.
CAUTION: Never use the same helt for
more than one person at a
time.
Be sure
to
avoid:
(a) wearing a lap belt loosely
or witb slack in the system; (b) wearing
the helt with
the
webbing not fully ex-
tracted from a non-locking retractor;
and (c) wearing the helt in a twisted
condition or pinched between the seat
structural (metallic) memhers.
Deluxe
Lap
Belts
- Automatic-locking lap
belt
retractors are provided for the added
convenience of the driver
and outboard
front
seat
passenger on
all
Oldsmobiles
as
an
extra cost
option,
except
the Ninety-
E ight
where
they are
standard
equipment.
The automatic-locking retractors adjust
and
lock the
lap
belts into pOSition
auto-
matically to provide a snug and
comfort-
able
fit.
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To fasten
a
lap belt
equipped
with an
automatic-locking retractor,
pull the web-
bing across the lap
far
enough to permit
inserting the flat
metal
"eye" end
into
the
buckle. If
the
webbing is not initially
pulled
out
far enough
to
permit buckling,
release the
webbing,
thus allowing it to
rewind
in
the retractor and release the
locking mechanism, so the webbing can
be
pull
ed
out to the proper length. Once
the
buckle is
fastened,
pull the belt firm-
ly
across
the
lap
in
the direction of the
retractor to
obtain
a
snug
fit. The retrac-
tor
will
automatically
take up the
excess
webbing.
CAUTION: The buckle and flat metal
"eye" of the lap helt used with auto-
matic locking retractors are smaller than
those used with other systems. Care
should he taken to avoid inserting the
small metal "eye" in the larger buckle
of either the shoulder helt or the center
lap helt hecause it
wiD
not latch
prop-
erly.
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