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Safety
belts
General
information
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts correctly saves lives!
This chapter explains why safety belts are neces-
sary, how they work and how to adjust and wear
them correctly.
"' Read all the information that follows and heed
all of the instructions and WARNINGS.
A
WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im-
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
- 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 correctly wear safety belts
when the veh icle is moving.
- Pregnant women, injured, or physically im-
paired persons must also use safety belts.
Like all vehicle occupants, they are more
likely to be seriously injured if they do not
wear safety belts. The best way to protect a
fetus is to protect the mother - throughout
the entire pregnancy.
Number of seats
Your Audi has a total of five seating positions:
two in the front and three in the rear. Each seat-
ing position has a safety belt.
A
WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im-
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
- Never strap more than one person, includ-
ing small children, into any belt. It is espe-
cially dangerous to place a safety belt over a
child sitting on your lap.
- Never let mo re people ride in the vehicle
than there are safety belts available .
Safety
belts
- Be sure everyone riding in the vehicle is
properly restrained with a separate safety
belt or child restraint.
Safety belt warning light
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver
and (on USA models only) front seat passenger
to remind you about the importance of buckling-
up.
Fig. 154
Safety belt warning light in the instrument clus -
te r - enlarged
Before driving off, always:
.. Fasten your safety belt and make sure you are
wearing it properly.
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"' Make sure that your passengers also buckle up
and properly wear their safety belts.
"' Protect your children with a child restraint sys-
tem appropr iate for the size and age of the chil-
dren .
The warning light .
in the instrument cluster
lights up when the ignit ion is switched on as a re-
minder to fasten the safety be lts. In addition,
you will hear a warn ing tone for a certain period
of time.
Fasten your safety belt now and make sure that
your passengers also properly put on their safe-
ty belt s.
A
WARNING
-
- Safety belts are the sing le 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, a lways correctly wear safety belts
when the vehicle is moving.
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