Seats And Seat Belts - Fleetwood 1999 Discovery Parts And Service Manual

Seat belts help to restrain you and your passengers in case of
a collision. In most states, the law requires their use.
Seat belts provide the best restraint when:
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the seat back is upright
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the occupant is sitting upright (not slouching)
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the lap belt is snug and low on the hips
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the shoulder belt is snug against the chest
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the knees are straight forward
For your safety, your vehicle has combination lap and shoul-
der belts for the driver and front seat passenger and lap belts
without retractors in all other designated seating positions.
Always drive and ride with your seatback upright and the lap
belt snug and low across the hips to reduce the risk of seri-
ous injury to the abdomen or neck that could be caused by
sliding under the safety belts in a collision.
Never let a passenger hold a child on his or her lap while the
vehicle is moving. The passenger cannot protect the child
from injury in a collision.
Children should always ride with the seatback in the fully
upright position. When the seatback is not fully upright,
there is a greater risk that the child will slide under the safety
belt and be seriously injured in a collision.
Never use a single belt for more than one person or across
more than one seating position. This greatly increases the
risk that one or both of the people will be injured in a colli-
sion. Each designated seating position in your vehicle has a
specific safety belt assembly which is made up of one buckle
and one tongue that are designed to be used as a pair.
SEATS AND
SEAT BELTS
WARNING
Make sure that you and
your passengers, includ-
ing pregnant women,
wear safety belts. Be sure
that lap belts fit snugly
and as low as possible
around the hips. If safety
belts are not used prop-
erly, the risk of you or
your passengers being
injured in a collision
greatly increases.
WARNING
Use the shoulder belt on
the outside shoulder only.
Never wear the shoulder
belt under the arm. Never
swing jt around the neck
over the inside shoulder.
Failure to follow these
precautions could in-
crease the risk and/or
severity of injury in an
accident.
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