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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
(SRX) or air bag system.
Your vehicle has "Next Generation" reduced-force
frontal air bags
--
one air bag for the driver and another
for the right front p'assenger.
Reduced-force frontal air bags are designed to help
reduce the risk of injury from the force of an inflating
air bag. But even these air bags must inflate very
quickly if they
are
to
do their job and comply with
federal regulations.
Here are the most important things to
DW
about the air
bag sysl
-
-1:
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
--
even
reduced-forced 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 a l l in
rollover, rear, side
or low-speed frontal crashes. And, €or unrestrained
occupants, reduced-force 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 belt properly
--
whether
or not there's an air bag for that person.
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