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Safet
y
belt
s
Safety
belts
General
notes
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts
correctly saves
lives!
This
chapter
exp
lains
why safety belts are neces-
sary, how they work
and
how to adjust
and
wear
them
correctly.
..
Read all the information that
fo
llows and heed
all
of the instructions and WARNINGS.
&_
WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im-
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
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Safety belts are the single most effective
means available to reduce the risk of serious
injury and death in automobile accidents.
For your protection and that of your passen-
gers, always correct ly wear safety belts
when the vehicle is moving.
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Pregnant women,
injured,
or physically
im-
paired persons must also use safety belts.
Like all veh icle occupants,
they are more
likely
to be seriously injured if
they
do not
wear safety be lts
.
The
best
way to
protect
a
fetus
is to protect the mother - throughout
the ent ire pregnancy.
Number of seats
Your Audi has a
total
of five seating positions:
two
in
t
he
front and three
in the
rear. Each seat-
ing position has a safety belt
.
&_
WARNING
Not
wea ring safety belts or wearing them
im-
properly
increases
the risk of serious personal
injury
and
death.
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Never
strap more than one person, includ-
ing small ch ildren, into any belt. It is espe-
cially dangerous
to
place a
safety
belt over a
child
sit
t
ing on your
lap
.
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Never
let more people ride
in the
veh icle
than there are
safety be
lts
available.
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Be sure everyone riding in the vehicle
is
properly restrained with a separate safety
belt or child restraint.
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Safety belt warning light
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver
and front seat passenger (on USA models only)
to remind you about
the importance
of buckling-
up
.
Fig.
116
Safety belt
warning light
in
the
instrument clus-
ter
-
enlarged
Before driving off,
always:
..
Fasten
your safety belt and
make
sure you are
wearing it properly
.
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m
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Make
s
ure
that
your passengers
a
lso
buckle up
and properly wear their safety belts
.
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Protect children with a child
restraint
system
appropriate for the s ize and age
.
The
warning light
.
in the instrument cluster
light
s
up when the ign it ion is on as a reminder to
fasten the safety belts
.
In add ition, you will hear
a warn ing
tone
for
a
certain pe riod of time.
Fasten
your safety belt and
make
sure
that your
passengers
also
properly put on their
safety
belts
.
&_
WARNING
-
Safety
belts
are
the
s ingle
most
effect ive
means available to reduce the
risk
of serious
injury
and death
in
automobile
acc idents.
For your protection
and that
of your passen
-
gers, always correctly wear
safety
belts
when the vehicle is moving
.
- Failure to pay attention to the warning light
that come on, cou ld lead to personal
injury.
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