Ford Expedition 2008 Owner's Manual page 199

If...
The driver's safety belt is not
buckled approximately 5
seconds after the safety belt
warning light has turned off...
The driver's safety belt is
buckled while the safety belt
indicator light is illuminated
and the safety belt warning
chime is sounding...
The driver's safety belt is
buckled before the ignition
switch is turned to the ON
position...
The purpose of the Belt-Minder is to remind occasional wearers to wear
safety belts all of the time.
The following are reasons most often given for not wearing safety belts:
(All statistics based on U.S. data)
Reasons given...
"Crashes are rare events"
"I'm not going far"
2008 Expedition (exd)
Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
USA (fus)
Seating and Safety Restraints
Then...
The Belt-Minder feature is activated
- the safety belt warning light
illuminates and the warning chime
sounds for 6 seconds every 30
seconds, repeating for approximately
5 minutes or until safety belt is
buckled.
The Belt-Minder feature will not
activate.
The Belt-Minder feature will not
activate.
Consider...
36 700 crashes occur every day.
The more we drive, the more we are
exposed to "rare" events, even for
good drivers. 1 in 4 of us will be
seriously injured in a crash during
our lifetime.
3 of 4 fatal crashes occur within 25
miles of home.
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