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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 €or anyone, the key to making
safety belts effective is wearing them properly.
Right Front Passenger Position
To learn how to wear the right fi-ont passenger's safety belt
properly, see "Driver Position" earlier in this section.
The right front passenger's safety belt
works
the same
way as the driver's safety belt
-'-
except for one thing. If
you ever pull the shoulder 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.
Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS)
This part explains the fkontal
and
side impact
Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) or
a i r
bag systems.
Your vehicle has four air bags
--
a "Next Generation"
reduced-force frontal air bag for
the
driver, another
"Next Generation" reduced-force frontal air bag for the
right front passenger, a side impact air bag for the
driver, and
another side
impact air bag for
the
right
front passenger.
Reduced-force
frontal air bags are
designed to help
reduce the risk s f injury
from
the force of an inflating
frontal 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 know about the
air
bag systems:
I
A
CAUTION:
-
You
can
!
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 6Csupplemental restraints" to the safety
belts, All air bags
--
even reduced-force air
bags
--
are designed to work with safety belts
but don% replace them.
CAUTION: (Continued)
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