The Importance Of Using Safety Belts - Kia Sportage 2008 Owner's Manual

Knowing your vehicle
The importance of using
safety belts
There are four very important rea-
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sons to use safety belts even with an
airbag supplemental restraint sys-
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tem. They:
• help keep you in the proper posi-
tion (away from the airbag) when it
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inflates.
• reduce the risk of harm in rollover,
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side impact (vehicles not equipped
with side and curtain airbags) or
rear impact collisions, because an
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airbag is not designed to inflate in
such situations and even a side
curtain airbag is designed to inflate
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only in certain side impact colli-
sions.
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• reduce the risk of harm in frontal or
side collisions which are not
severe enough to actuate the
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airbag supplemental restraint sys-
tem.
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• reduce the risk of being ejected
from your vehicle.
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Your vehicle's Supplemental
Restraint System Control Module
is equipped with a recording
device that may record the use or
status of the safety belt restraint
system by the driver and front
passenger in certain collisions.
WARNING
- Airbags &
safety belts
• Even in vehicles with air bags,
you and your passengers
must always wear the safety
belts provided in order to min-
imize the risk and severity of
injury in the event of a colli-
sion or rollover.
• Always wear your safety belt.
It can help keep you away
from the air bags during heavy
braking just before a collision.
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• If occupants are not wearing
safety belts or correctly seat-
ed, they cannot be fully pro-
tected, and thus face a greater
risk of serious injury or death.
• Driver's and front passenger's
airbag are designed to inflate
only in certain frontal colli-
sion, and side and curtain
airbags are designed to inflate
in certain side impacts.
Frontal airbags are
designed to provide protec-
tion in side impacts, rear
impacts, rollovers, or less
severe frontal collisions. They
will not provide protection
from later impacts in a multi-
impact collision.
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