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Driving
Safely
General
notes
Safe driving
habits
Please remembe
r
- safety first!
This chapter contains important information, t ips, instructions and
warnings that you need to read an
d
observe fo
r
you
r
own safe ty, the
safety of you
r
passengers and others
.
We have summarized here
w hat you need to know about safety belts, airbags, child restra ints as
we
ll
as child safety
.
Your
safety is for us
priority number 1.
Always
observe the information and warnings in this section
-
for your own
safety as well as t hat of your passengers.
The informat ion in this section applies to all mode
l
versions of
your
veh icle
.
Some of
t
he features des cribed in this se ctions m ay be st
an-
dard equ ipment on some models, or may be optional eq uipment on
others. If you a re not sure, ask your a ut ho rized Audi dealer.
&
WARNING
•
Always make sure that you follow the instructions and heed
the WARNINGS in th is Manual. It is in your interest and in the
intere st of your passengers.
•
Always keep the complete Owner's Literatu re in your Audi
when you lend or sell your vehicle so that this important informa
-
tion will always be available to the driver and
passengers.
•
Always keep the Owner's literature handy so that you can find
it easily if you have questions
.
•
Safety
equipment
The safety features are part of the occupant restraint
system and
work
together to he lp reduce the
risk
of injury
in a wide variety of accident situations.
Your safety and t he safety
of
your passenge rs shou ld no
t
be left
t
o
chance
.
Adva nces in technology have made a variety of features avai l-
ab le
t
o help re duce the risk of injury
in
an accident
.
The fo llow ing is a
list of jus
t
a few of the safety features in your Audi:
•
sophisticated safety belts for driver and a
ll
passenger seating
posi
t
ion s,
•
safety belt pretensioners,
•
safety belt fo rce lim iters for
t
he fro nt sea
t
s,
•
safety belt he igh
t adju
stmen
t
sys
t
ems for
t
he fro nt sea
t
s,
•
automatic safety be lt height adjustment for the rear seats,
•
head restraints fo
r
eac
h
seating position,
•
front airbags,
•
side airbags in the fro nt seats a nd outer rear seats*,
•
side
curt
ain air bags,
•
special LATCH anchorages for child restraints,
•
head restraints fo
r
eac
h
seating position,
•
adjus
tab
le
st
ee ring column.
These ind ividual safety features, can work together as a system
t
o
he lp protec
t
you and your passengers in a wide range of accidents.
These featu res ca nnot work as a syst em if
t
hey are not always
correct ly adjusted and cor rect ly used.
Safety is
everybody's
responsibility!
•