Ford 2002 Escape Owner's Manual page 135

If...
The driver's safety belt is not
buckled approximately
5 seconds after the safety belt
warning light has turned off
and vehicle speed exceeds
8 km/h (3 mph)...
The driver's safety belt is
buckled while the safety belt
indicator light is illuminated
and the safety belt warning
chime is sounding...
The driver's safety belt is
buckled before the ignition
switch is turned to the ON
position...
The purpose of the BeltMinder is to remind occasional wearers to wear
safety belts all of the time.
The following are reasons most often given for not wearing safety belts:
(All statistics based on U.S. data)
Reasons given...
Crashes are rare events
I'm not going far
Seating and Safety Restraints
Then...
The BeltMinder feature is activated -
the safety belt warning light
illuminates and the warning chime
sounds for 6 seconds every
30 seconds, repeating for
approximately 5 minutes or until
safety belt is buckled.
The BeltMinder feature will not
activate.
The BeltMinder feature will not
activate.
Consider...
36 700 crashes occur every day.
The more we drive, the more we are
exposed to rare events, even for
good drivers. 1 in 4 of us will be
seriously injured in a crash during
our lifetime.
3 of 4 fatal crashes occur within
25 miles of home.
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