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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
The right front passenger's safety belt works the same
way as the driver's safety belt. See "Driver Position,"
earlier in this section.
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
This part explains the Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS) or air bag system.
Your Pontiac has two air bags -- one air bag for the
driver and another air bag for the right front passenger.
Here are the most important things to know about the air
bag system:
*
A
CAUTION:
You can be severely injured or killed in a crash if
you aren't wearing your safety belt
--
even if 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
"supplemental restraints''
to
the
safety
belts. All 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, side or low-speed frontal
crashes. Everyone in your vehicle should wear a
safety belt properly
--
whether or not there's an
air bag for that person.
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