How Are Seat Belts Correctly Fastened - Skoda Octavia Owner's Manual

How are seat belts correctly fastened?

Fastening three-point seat belts
Fasten your seat belt before starting!
Fig. 119 Routing of belt webbing over the shoulders and the lap belt/Routing of belt webbing
for an expectant mother
– Correctly adjust the front seat and the head restraint before fastening your
seat belt ⇒ p age 132, Correct seated position.
– Slowly pull the belt webbing at the tongue of the lock over your chest and pel-
vis ⇒
.
Insert the tongue of the lock into the seat belt buckle belonging to the seat
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until it is heard to lock in place.
Pull on the seat belt to check that it has also reliably engaged in the lock.
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Each three-point seat belt is equipped with an inertia reel. This inertia reel offers
you complete freedom of movement if the belt is unreeled slowly. If the brakes
are applied suddenly, the inertia reel will block. The belts also block when the car
accelerates, when driving downhill and when cornering.
Expectant mothers must also wear the seat belt ⇒
Using the system Safety
● The shoulder part of the seat belt must never run across your neck but
must run approximately over the middle of the shoulder and fit snugly against
the chest. The lap part of the belt must run across the hip and must never be
routed across the stomach. It must always fit snugly
belt webbing as required.
● The lap part of the belt should be positioned as low as possible at the pel-
vis of an expectant mother in order to avoid exerting any pressure on the low-
er abdomen
● Always ensure that the webbing of the seat belts is properly routed. Seat
belts which are not correctly adjusted can themselves cause injuries even in
minor accidents.
● A seat belt which is hanging too loose can result in injuries as your body is
moved forward by the kinetic energy produced in an accident and is then sud-
denly held firm by the belt.
● Only insert the lock tongue into the lock which is the correct one for your
seat. This will affect the protection which the belt offers and increase the risk
of an injury.
Seat belt height adjuster on the front seats
.
The seat belt height adjuster makes it possible for you to adapt the routing of the
front three-point seat belt in the area of the shoulder to match your body size.
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Driving Tips General Maintenance
WARNING
⇒ f ig. 119
- right.
Press and move the height adjuster in the desired direction up or down
⇒ f ig.
120.
Then pull firmly on the belt to ensure that the seat belt height adjuster has
correctly locked in place.
Breakdown assistance
Seat belts 137
⇒ f ig. 119
- left. Adjust the
Fig. 120 Front seat: Seat belt height ad-
juster
Technical data
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