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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
To learn how to
w e a r
the right fiont passenger's safety belt
properly,
see
"Driver Position" earlier in this section.
The right front passenger's safety belt works the same way
as
the driver's safety belt
--
except for one thing.
If you ever pull
the
shoulder portion of
the
belt
out all
the
way,
you will
engage the child restraint
locking
feature.
If this happens, just
let the belt go back a l l the way and start again.
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 fiontal
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
a i r
bag system:
'
A
CAUTION:
I
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
%pplemental
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
a l l in
rollover,
r e a r ,
side or low-speed
frontal crashes. And, for unrestrained occupants,
reduced-force
air bags
may provide less protection
in
frontal crashes
than
more forcefid
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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