Ford F-150 2005 Owner's Manual page 118

Seating and Safety Restraints
If...
The driver's and front passenger's
safety belts are buckled before the
ignition switch is turned to the ON
position or less than 1-2 minutes
have elapsed since the ignition
switch has been turned ON...
The driver's or front passenger's
safety belt is not buckled when the
vehicle has reached at least 3 mph
(5 km/h) and 1-2 minutes have
elapsed since the ignition switch
has been turned to ON...
The driver's or front passenger's
safety belt becomes unbuckled for
approximately 1 minute while the
vehicle is traveling at least 3 mph
(5 km/h) and more than 1-2
minutes have elapsed since the
ignition switch has been turned to
ON...
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"
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Then...
The BeltMinder
activate.
The BeltMinder
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
the safety belts are buckled.
The BeltMinder
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
the safety belts are buckled.
Consider...
36700 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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