Proper Seated Position - Skoda Octavia Owner's Manual

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Advise your passengers to adjust the head restraints to their body size.
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Protect children in suitable child seats with correctly fastened seat
belts » page 177, Transporting children safely.
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Adopt the correct seated position
passengers to assume the correct seated position.
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Correctly fasten the seat belt. Also inform passengers to fasten the seat belt
correctly » page 162, Using seat belts.
What influences the driving safety?
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First read and observe the introductory information and safety warn-
ings on page 158.
The driver is fully responsible for himself and his occupants. If your driving safety
is effected, you place yourself and the oncoming traffic at risk.
The following guidelines must therefore be observed.
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Do not get distracted from concentrating on the traffic situation, e.g. by your
passengers or mobile phone calls.
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Never drive when your driving ability is impaired, e.g. through medication, alco-
hol or drugs.
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Keep to the traffic regulations and the permissible speed limit.
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Always adjust the driving speed to the road, traffic and weather conditions.
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Take regular breaks on long journeys – at least every two hours.

Proper seated position

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Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Proper seated position of the driver
Proper seated position of the front passenger
Proper seated position of the passengers in the rear seats
Examples of incorrect seated positions
» page 159, Proper seated position. Tell your
WARNING
Observe the following instructions for the proper seated position.
At all times, the front seats and head restraints must be adjusted to match
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the person's body size and the seat belt must be attached properly to provide
the most effective levels of protection to passengers.
 If the occupant adopts an incorrect seated position, he is exposed to life-
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threatening injuries, in case he is hit by a deployed airbag.
If the occupants on the rear seats are not sitting upright, the risk of injury is
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increased due to incorrect routing of the seat belt.
The seat backrests must not be angled too far back when driving otherwise
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this will affect proper operation of the seat belts and of the airbag system –
risk of injury!
WARNING
As the driver, observe the following instructions.
Always assume the correct seated position before setting off and do not
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change this position while driving. Also advise your passengers to adopt the
correct seated position and not to change this position while the car is mov-
ing.
Maintain a distance of at least 25 cm from the steering wheel, and a dis-
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tance of at least 10 cm between the legs and the dash panel at the height of
 the knee airbag. Not maintaining this minimum distance will mean that the
airbag system will not be able to properly protect you – hazard!
When driving, hold the steering wheel with both hands firmly on the outer
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edge in the 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock position. Never hold the steering wheel in
the 12 o'clock position or in any other way (e.g. in the middle or inner edge of
the steering wheel). In such cases, you could severely injure the arms, hands
and head when the driver airbag is deployed.
Ensure that there are no objects in the driver's footwell as they may get
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caught behind the pedals when driving or applying the braking. You would
then no longer be able to operate the clutch, brake or accelerate.
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Passive Safety