Right Front Passenger Position; Air Bag System - GMC 2002 Safari Owner's Manual

The best way to protect the fetus is to protect
the mother. When a safety belt is worn properly,
it's more likely that the fetus won't be hurt in a crash.
For pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making
safety belts effective is wearing them properly.

Right Front Passenger Position

To learn how to wear the right front passenger's safety
belt properly, see "Driver Position" earlier in this section.
The right front passenger's safety belt works the same way
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as the driver's safety belt
ever pull the lap portion of the belt out all the way, you will
engage the child restraint locking feature. If this happens,
just let the belt go back all the way and start again.

Air Bag System

This part explains the air bag system.
Your vehicle has air bags
and another air bag for the right front passenger.
Frontal air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of
injury from the force of an inflating air bag. But these
air bags must inflate very quickly to do their job and
comply with federal regulations.
except for one thing. If you
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one air bag for the driver
Here are the most important things to know about the
air bag system:
CAUTION:
You can be severely injured or killed in a crash
if you aren't wearing your safety belt
you have air bags. Wearing your safety belt
during a crash helps reduce your chance of
hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejected
from it. Air bags are designed to work with
safety belts, but don'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 or low
crashes, or in many side crashes. And, for some
unrestrained occupants, air bags may provide
less protection in frontal crashes than more
forceful air bags have provided in the past.
Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety
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belt properly whether or not there's an air bag
for that person.
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even if
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speed frontal
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