Safety Belts General Information - Audi A8 2018 Owner's Manual

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Safety belts
General information
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts correctly saves lives!
This chapter exp lains why safety be lts 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.
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WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im-
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
- Safety belts are the s ingle most effective
means ava ilable to reduce the risk of serious
injury and death in automobi le accidents.
For your protection and that of your passen-
gers, always correct ly wea r safety be lt s
w hen t he veh icle is mov ing.
- Pregnant wome n, inj ured, or physically im-
paired persons mus t a lso use safety be lts.
Like al l vehicle occupan t s, they a re mo re
likely t o be serio usly injured if t hey do not
wear safety be lts . The best way to protect a
fetus is to protect the mothe r - throug hout
the ent ire pregnancy.
Number of seats
Your Aud i has a total of five seating positions:
two in the front and three in t he rear. In some
veh icles, there are four seat ing positions: two in
the fro nt and two in the rear . Each seati ng posi-
tion has a safety belt.
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WARNING
Not we ar ing safety bel t s or wear ing them im-
pro perly incre a ses t he risk of ser ious pe rsonal
inju ry and dea t h.
- Never st ra p more th an one pe rso n, includ -
ing sm a ll childr e n, int o a ny be lt. It is espe -
cially dangerous to place a safety belt over a
child sitting on your lap .
Safet y b e lts
- Never let more peop le ride in the vehicle
than there are safety be lts available.
- Be sure everyone riding in the vehicle is
proper ly restrained w ith a separate safety
be lt or ch ild restraint.
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Safety belt warning light
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver
and front seat passenger to remind you about
the importance of buckling-up.
Fig. 21 9 Safety belt wa rnin g l ight in t he inst rument clus·
te r - enlarged
Befor e driving off , always :
~ Fasten your safety belt and make sure you are
wearing it properly.
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~ Make sure that your passengers a lso buckle up
and properly wear their safety belts.
~ Protect ch ildren with a child restraint system
appropr iate for the size and age .
The warning light . in the instrument cluster
lights up when the ignit ion is on as a reminder to
fasten the safety belts . In addition, you will hear
a war ning tone for a certai n period of time .
Fasten your safet y belt and make sure that your
passengers also properly put on their safety
belts .
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WARNING
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- Safety bel t s are the sing le m ost effec tive
means available to red uce t he risk of ser ious
injur y and death in a utomob ile accidents.
For your protection and t hat of your pas sen -
ge rs, al ways correc tl y wear safety bel t s
when the vehicle is moving .
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