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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)
T h i s
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 a i r 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:
r
I 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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