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Make sure that your passengers also buckle up and pro p-
erly wea r t heir saf ety be lts.
Protect children wit h a child restraint syst em appropriate
for the size and age.
The warning light ~ in the instrument cluster lights up when the
ignition is switched on as a reminder to fasten the safety belts. In
addition , you will hear a warning tone.
After the ignition is switched on, the warning light in the instrument
cluster will always come on for about 6 seconds and if t he driver has
not fastened the safety belt, a warning tone will also sound for
about 6 seconds . As soon as the driver has fastened the safety belt,
the warning tone will stop and the warning light will go out .
If the driver or front seat passenger have not buckled -up within
about 10 seconds after t he warning tone has stopped and the
vehicle is moving faster than about 15 mph, the warning tone will
sound again for about 6 seconds and then st op for 24 seconds and
then repeat this reminder sequence for a maximum of 2 minutes. At
speeds be low 5 mph, the warning to ne will not sound.
Fasten your safety belt and make sure that your passengers also
properl y put on their safet y belts .
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WARNING
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Safety belts are the single most effective mean s available to
reduce th e risk of serious injury and death in aut om obile acci-
dent s. For your prote ction and that of your passengers, alway s
correctly wear safety belt s w hen t he vehicle is moving .
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Failure t o pay attention to th e warning light that come on,
could lead to personal injury. •
Why safety
belts?
Frontal
collisions
and the law of physics
Frontal cras hes cre ate very strong forces for p eople ridi ng
in vehicles.
Fig. 220 Unbelted
occupants in a vehicle
heading for a w all
Fig. 22 1 The vehi cle
crashes into t he wa ll
The physical principles are simple. Both the vehicle and the passen-
gers possess energy which varies with vehicle speed and body
we ight . Engineers call this energy "kinetic energy ."
The higher the speed of the vehicle and the greater the vehic le's
we ight, the more energy that has to be "absorbed" in the crash .
Vehicle speed is the most signi fi can t factor. If the speed doubles
from 15 to 30 mph (25 to 50 km/h), the energy increases 4 times!
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