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Here are the most important things to know about the air
bag system:
-
You
can be severely injured or killed in a crash if
you aren't wearing your safety belt
--
even if you
have an
air
bag. Wearing yourmfety belt during a
crash helps reduce your chance
of hitting
things
inside the vehicle or being ejected from it. The
air
bag is only a "supplemental restraint." That
is,
it
works with safety belts but doesn't replace them.
-Air bags are designed to work only in moderate to
severe
crash&
where the front of your vehicle hits
something. They aren't designed to M a t e at all in
rollover,
rear,
side or low-speed fmntal mashes.
Everyone in your vehicle, including the driver,
should
wear
a safety belt properly
--
whether or
not there's an air bag for that person.
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CAUT'ON:
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Air bags inflate with great force, faster than the
blink of an eye. If you're too close to an inflating
air bag,
it
could seriously injure you. Safety belts
help keep you
@
position for an air bag inflation
in a crash. Always wear your safety belt, even-
with an
air
bag. The driver should sit as far back
as possible while still maintaining control of
the vehicle.
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CAUTION:
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An inflating air bag can seriously injure small
children. Always secure children properly in your
vehicle. To read how, see the part of this manual
called C4Children" and the
caution label on the
right front passenger's safety belt.
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