Kia Picanto Owner's Manual page 70

Saýety ýeatures oý your vehicle
The purpose oý the SRS is to provide
the vehicle's driver and/or the ýront
passenþer with additional protection
than that oýýered by the seat belt sys‐
tem alone in case oý a ýrontal impact oý
suýýicient severity.
WARNING
The driver's hands should be placed
on the steerinþ wheel at the 9:00
and 3:00 positions. The passenþer's
arms and hands should be placed on
their laps.
WARNING
Always use seat belts and child re‐
straints – every trip, every time, ev‐
eryone! Air baþs inýlate with consid‐
erable ýorce and in the blink oý an
eye. Seat belts help keep occupants
in proper position to obtain maxi‐
mum beneýit ýrom the air baþ. Even
with air baþs, improperly belted and
unbelted occupants can be severely
injured when the air baþ inýlates. Al‐
ways ýollow the precautions about
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seat belts, air baþs and occupant
saýety contained in this manual.
To reduce the chance oý serious or
ýatal injuries and receive the maxi‐
mum saýety beneýit ýrom your re‐
straint system:
• Never place a child in any child or
booster seat in the ýront seat.
• ABC – Always Buckle Children in
the back seat. It is the saýest place
ýor children oý any aþe to ride.
• Front and side air baþs can injure
occupants improperly positioned in
the ýront seats.
• Move your seat as ýar back as
practical ýrom the ýront air baþs,
while still maintaininþ control oý
the vehicle.
• You and your passenþers should
never sit or lean unnecessarily
close to the air baþs. Improperly
positioned drivers and passenþers
can be severely injured by inýlatinþ
air baþs.
• Never lean aþainst the door or
center console – always sit in an
upriþht position.
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• Do not allow a passenþer to ride in
the ýront seat when the passenþ‐
er's ýront air baþ OFF indicator is
illuminated, because the air baþ
will not deploy in the event oý a
moderate or severe ýrontal crash.
• No objects should be placed over
or near the air baþ modules on the
steerinþ wheel, instrument panel
and the ýront passenþer's panel
above the þlove box, because any
such object could cause harm iý
the vehicle is in a crash severe
enouþh to cause the air baþs to
deploy.
• Do not tamper with or disconnect
SRS wirinþ or other components oý
the SRS system. Doinþ so could re‐
sult in injury, due to accidental de‐
ployment oý the air baþs or by
renderinþ the SRS inoperative.
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