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CAUTION:
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 your safety 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 crashes where the front of your vehicle hits
something. They aren't designed to inflate at all in
rollover, rear, side or low-speed frontal crashes.
Everyone in your vehicle, including the driver,
should wear
a
safety belt properly
--
whether or
not there's an air bag for that person.
A
CAUTION:
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 in 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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A
CAUTION:
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 "Children" and the caution label on the
right front passenger's safety belt.
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