Right Front Passenger Position; Air Bag Systems - Chevrolet VENTURE 1998 Manual

The best way to protect the fetus is to
protect the mother.
When a safety belt is worn properly, it's more likely that the
fetus won't be hurt in a crash. For pregnant women,
as for
anyone,
the
key to making safety belts effective is wearing
them properly.
Right Front Passenger Position
To learn how to wear the right front passenger's safety belt
properly, see "Driver Position" earlier in this section.
The right front passenger's safety belt works the same way as
the driver's safety belt
--
except for one thing.
If you ever pull
the shoulder portion of the belt out
a l l
the way, you will
engage the child restraint locking feature. If this happens, just
let the belt go back all the way and start again.
Air Bag Systems
This part explains the frontal and side impact air bag systems.
Your vehicle has four air bags
--
a "Next Generation"
reduced-force frontal air bag for the driver, another "Next
Generation" reduced-force frontal air bag for the right front
passenger, a side impact air bag for the driver, and
another side impact air bag for the right front passenger.
Reduced-force frontal air bags are designed to help reduce
the risk of injury from the force of an inflating air bag. But
even these air bags must inflate very quickly if they are to do
their job and comply with federal regulations.
Here are the most important things
to
know about the -ir
bag systems:
CAUTION:
You
can
be severely i n j d or killed
in a
crash if
you aren't
wearing your safety belt
--
even if you
have air bags. Wearing your safety belt during a
crash helps reduce your chance of hitting things
inside the vehicle or being ejected from it. Air bags
are "supplemental restraints" to the safety belts.
All air bags
--
even reduced-force
air
bags
--
are
designed to work with safety belts but don't
replace them.
Reduced-force frontal air bags for
the driver and
right front passenger are designed to work only i n
moderate to severe crashes where the front of your
vehicle hits something. They aren't designed to
inflate
at
all in rollover,
rem, side or low-speed
frontal crashes. And, for unrestrained occupants,
reduced-force frontal air bags may provide less
protection in frontal crashes than more forceful air
bags have provided in the past. The side impact
air
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