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How are seat belts correctly fastened?
Fastening a three-point seat belt
Fasten your seat belt before starting!
Using the system
Safety
– Correctly adjust the front seat and the head restraint before
– Slowly pull the belt webbing at the tongue of the lock over your
– Insert the tongue of the lock into the seat belt buckle belonging
– Pull on the belt to check that it has also reliably engaged in the
Each three-point seat belt is equipped with an inertia reel. This inertia reel
offers you complete freedom of movement if the belt is unreeled slowly. If
the brakes are applied suddenly, the inertia reel will block. It also blocks
the belts when the car accelerates, when driving uphill and when
cornering.
Fig. 123 Routing of
webbing over the
Expectant mothers must also wear the seat belt ⇒
shoulders and the lap
belt
•
neck but must run approximately over the middle of the shoulder
and fit snugly against the chest. The lap part of the belt must run
across the hip and must never be routed across the stomach. It
must always fit snugly
required.
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at the pelvis of an expectant mother in order to avoid exerting any
pressure on the lower abdomen.
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Fig. 124 Routing of
routed. Seat belts which are not correctly adjusted can themselves
belt webbing for an
expectant mother
cause injuries even in minor accidents.
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
fastening your seat belt ⇒ page 69, "Front seats".
chest and pelvis ⇒
.
to the seat until it is heard to lock in place.
lock.
WARNING
The shoulder part of the seat belt must never run across your
⇒ fig.
123. Adjust the belt webbing as
The lap part of the belt should be positioned as low as possible
Always ensure that the webbing of the seat belts is properly
Breakdown assistance
Seat belts
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Technical Data
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