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Driving
safety
Driving
safety
Basics
Safe driving habits
Please remember - safe ty first!
This chapter contains important information,
tips, instructions and warnings that you need to
read and observe for your own safety, the safety
of your passengers and others. We have summar-
ized here what you need to know about safety
belts, airbags, child restraints as well as child
safety. Your safety is for
us
priority number
1.
Al-
ways observe
the information
and warnings
in
this
section - for your own safety as well as
that
of your passengers
.
The information
in this section applies
to
all
model versions of your vehicle
.
Some of
the
fea-
tures
described
in
this sections may be standard
equipment on some models, or may be optional
equipment on others. If you are not sure, ask
your authorized Audi dealer.
A
WARNING
-
Always make sure that you follow the in-
structions and heed the WARNINGS in this
Manual.
It
is
in
your interest and in the
in-
terest of your passengers.
-
Always keep the complete Owner's Litera-
ture
in
your Audi when you lend or sell your
vehicle so that this important information
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 ques-
tions
.
-
Always adjust your speed to the weather
traffic and conditions.
Follow the
speed
lim-
its
.
-
Always drive in such a way that you can stop
your vehicle safely.
-
Always adjust your speed to the general
flow
of traffic. Follow
the
speed limits.
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· Safety equipment
The safety features are part of the occupant re-
straint system and work together to help reduce
the risk of injury in a wide variety of accident sit-
uations.
Your safety and the safety of your passengers
should not be
left
to chance. Advances in tech-
nology
have made a variety of features available
to
help reduce
the
risk
of injury
in
an accident.
The following is a list of just
a
few of
the
safety
features
in
your Audi:
-
sophisticated
safety belts for
driver
and all pas-
senger seating positions,
-
safety belt pretensioners,
- safety belt force limiters for the front seats,
-
safety belt height adjustment
systems for the
front seats,
-
front airbags,
-
knee airbags for the front seats*
-
side airbags in the front seats and outer rear
seats*,
-
side curtain airbags with ejection mitigation
features,
-
special
LATCH
anchorages
for child
restraints,
-
head
restraints
for each seating position,
-
adjustable steering column
.
- pre sense basic* (preventative passenger pro-
tection)
These individual safety features, can work to-
gether as a system to help protect you and your
passengers in a wide range of accidents
.
These
features cannot work as a system if
they
are not
always correctly adjusted and correctly used
.
Safety is everybody's responsibility!
Important things to do before driving
Safety is everybody
'
s job! Vehicle and occupant
safety always depends on the informed and care-
ful
driver.
For your safety and the safety of your passen-
gers,
before driving always:
..
Make sure that all lights and signals are operat
-
ing correctly .
..
Make sure that the tire pressure is correct.
..,.
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