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S a fe dri v ing
- Before driving, always adjust the front pas-
senger seat properly.
- Always keep your feet on the floor in front
of the seat. Never rest them on the seat, in-
strument panel, out of the window, etc. The
airbag system and safety belt will not be
able to protect you properly and can even in-
crease the risk of injury in a cras h.
- Never dr ive with the backrest reclined or
t ilted far back! The farther the backrests are
t ilted back, the grea t er the risk of inj ury due
to incorrect posi t ioning of the safety belt
and im proper se ating position.
- Children must always ride in child seats
¢
page 21 4 .
Speci a l preca utions app ly
when inst a lling a child seat on the front
passenger seat ¢
page 190.
Proper seating positions for passengers in
rear seats
Rear seat passengers must sit upright with both
feet on the floor consistent with their physical
size and be properly restrained whenever the ve-
hicle is in use.
To reduce the risk of injury caused by an incorrect
seating position in the event of a sudden braking
maneuver or an accident, your passengers on the
rear bench seat must always observe the follow-
ing:
.,. Make s ure that the seatback is sec urely latched
in the upright pos ition ¢
page 53 .
.,. Keep both feet flat in the footwell in front of
the rear seat .
.,. Fasten and wear safety be lts properly
¢ page 186 .
.,. Make s ure t hat children a re always properly re-
strained in a child restr aint t hat is approp riate
fo r t heir size and age ¢
page 214 .
A
WARNING
-
Passenge rs who are improper ly seated on t he
rear seat can be seriously injured in a crash .
- Each passenger m ust always sit on a seat of
their own and prope rly fasten and wear the
safety belt belonging to that seat .
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- Safety belts only offer maximum protect ion
when the seatback is securely latched in the
upright pos ition and the safety belts are
properly posit ioned on the body . By not sit-
ting uprigh t , a rear seat passenger increases
the risk of personal injury from imprope rly
posi t ioned safety belts!
· Examples of improper seating positions
The occupant restraint system can only reduce
the risk of injury if vehicle occupants are properly
seated .
Imprope r seating positions can cause ser ious in-
jury or death . Safety be lts ca n only work when
t hey a re prope rly positioned on the body . Im-
prope r seat ing positions red uce t he effec t iveness
of safety be lt s and will even increase the risk of
injury and death by moving the safety belt to crit-
ical areas of the body. Improper seating posi t ions
a lso increase the ris k of se rious inju ry and death
when an airbag dep loys and strikes an occ upant
who is not in the proper seating posit ion. A dr iver
is responsible for the safety of all vehicle occu·
pants and espec ially for children . Therefore :
.,. Never allow anyone to assume an incorrect
seating position when the vehicle is being used
¢ .&._ .
The following bulletins list on ly some samp le po-
s itions that will increase the risk of serious injury
and death . Our hope is that these examples w ill
make yo u more aware of seating positions that
are dangerous .
Therefore , whenever the vehicle is m oving:
- neve r stand up in the vehicle
- never sta nd on the seats
- neve r kneel on t he seats
- neve r ride w it h the seatba ck reclined
- neve r lie down on the rea r seat
- neve r lean up against the instrument panel
- neve r s it on the edge of the seat
- neve r sit sideways
- neve r lean out the window
- neve r put your feet out t he window
- neve r put your feet on the instr ument panel
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