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Dr
iv
ing
s
a
fe
ty
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Always drive with the head restraints
in
place and properly adjusted.
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Every person in the vehicle must have a
properly adjusted head restra int.
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Always make sure each person in the vehicle
properly adjusts their head restraint. Adjust
the head restra ints so the upper edge is as
even as possib le w ith the top of your head.
If that is not possib le, try to adjust the head
restra int so that it is as close to th is position
as possib le.
- Never attempt to adjust head restraint
wh ile driving.
If
you have dr iven off and
must adjust the driver headrest for any rea-
son, fi rst stop the vehicle safely before at-
tempting
t
o
adju
st the head restr aint.
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Children must always be properly restrained
in a chi ld restrain
t
th at is appropria
t
e fo
r
their age and size~
page 151.
Examples of improper seating positions
The occupant restraint system can only reduce
the risk of injury if vehicle occupants are properly
seated.
I
mp roper seating positions can cause serious in-
ju ry or deat h. Safety belts can only wo rk when
they are properly
posit
ioned
on
the body
.
Im-
proper seating
posit
ions reduce t he effe ct iveness
of
saf
ety belts and w
ill
even increase the risk
of
inj
ury and death by moving the safety belt to crit-
ical areas of the
body.
Improper seating posit ions
also increase the risk of serious injury and death
when an airbag deploys and strikes an occupant
who is not in the prope
r
seat ing position. A driver
is respo nsible for the safety of all vehicle occu-
pants and especially fo
r
children. Therefo re:
~
Never allow anyone to assume an incorrect
seat ing position w hen the veh icle is being used
~.&.
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The fo
ll
ow ing bulletins list only some sample po-
sitions that will increase the risk of serious inju ry
and death.
Our
hope is that these examples will
make you more aware of seating posit ions
t
hat
are dangero us.
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Therefore
,
whenever the vehicle is moving
:
- never
stand up in
th
e vehicle
- never
sta nd on the seats
- never
kneel on the seats
-
never ride w ith the seatback recl ined
-
never
lie down on the rear seat
-
never
lean up against the instrument panel
-
never sit on the edge of the seat
- never
sit sideways
- never
lean out t he window
- never
put your feet out
t
he window
-
never put your feet on the instrument panel
-
never
rest your feet on the seat cushion or back
of the seat
- never ride in the footwell
-
never ride in the cargo area
A
WARNING
Imp roper seating positions increase the risk
of serious personal injury and death whenever
a veh icle is being used.
- Always make sure that all veh icle occupants
stay in a proper seating posit ion and are
properly restrained whenever the vehicle is
being
used.
Driver's
and front
passenger's
footwell
'
Important safety instructions
Applies to vehicles
: with
knee airbags
A
WARNING
Always make sure that the knee airbag can in-
fl ate w ithout interfe rence. Object
s
between
yourself and the airb ag can increase
t
he risk
of injury in an accident by
int
erfering with the
way the airbag deploys
or
by being pushed in-
to you as the airbag deploys.
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No persons (children) or animals should ride
in the footwell in front of the passenger
seat
.
If
the airbag deploys, this can result in
serious or fatal injuries.
-
No objects of any kind should be carried in
the
f
ootwell area in front of the dr iver's or
passenger's seat.
Bul
ky objects (shopping
bags, for examp le) can hamper or prevent
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