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Never rely
on
airbags
alone for protection.
Even
when they deploy, airbags provide on ly additional
protection. Airbags are not supposed to dep loy in
all kinds of accidents. Although your Audi is
equipped with airbags, all vehicle occupants, in-
cluding the dr iver, must wear safety belts cor
-
rectly in order to minimize the
risk
of severe in-
jury
or
death in a crash
.
Remember
too, that airbags will deploy only
once and that your safety belts are always there
to offer protect ion
in those
acc idents in w hich
a irbags are
not
supposed to deploy or when they
have already
deployed. Unbelted
occupants can
also be
thrown out
of the
vehicle where even
more severe or fatal injur ies can occur.
It
is also important for the rear passengers to
wear safety belts correctly
.
Unbelted
passengers
in the
rear seats endanger
not only
t
hemse lves
but
also
the
driver and other
passengers
¢
fig.
125.
In
a
frontal
collision
they will be
thrown forward violently, where they can hit and
injure
the driver and/or front seat passenger
.
Safety belts protect
People think it's possible to use the hands to
brace the body in a minor
collision.
It
'
s simply
not true!
Fig.
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Driver is correctly restra ined
i
n
a sudden braking
maneuver
Safety belts used properly can make a
big differ-
ence. Safety belts help
to
keep passengers in
their seats, gradually reduce energy levels ap-
plied to the body in an accident, and help prevent
the uncontrolled movement
that
can cause se ri-
ous injur ies
.
In
addition, safety belts
reduce
the
danger
of
being thrown
out of
the
veh icle.
Safety
belts
Safety
be lts attach
passengers
to the car
and give
them the benefit of
being
slowed down more
gently or "softly" through the "give" in the safety
belts, crush zones and other safety features engi-
neered
into
today's vehicles. By "absorbing" the
kinetic ene rgy over a longer period of time,
the
safety belts make
the
forces on
the
body more
"tolerab le" and less likely to ca use injury
.
Although these examples are based on a frontal
collision, safety be lts can also substantially
re-
duce the risk of injury in other kinds of crashes.
So, whether you're on a long trip or just going to
the
corner
store,
a lways buckle
up
and make sure
others do, too.
Accident
statist ics show
that
veh i-
cle
occupants properly wearing safety belts have
a lower risk of being
injured
and a much better
chance of surviving an accident
.
Properly
using
safety belts also greatly increases the ability of
the supp lemental airbags to
do
their job in a col-
lision. For this
reason,
wearing a safety
belt
is
le-
gally required in
most
count ries
including
much
of the United States and Canada
.
Although your
Audi
is equipped with airbags, you
still
have
to wear the safety belts provided. Front
airbags, for
example,
are activated only in some
frontal
collisions.
The
front airbags
are
not act i-
vated in
all
frontal
collisions, in side and
rear
col-
lisions
, in roll
overs
or
in
cases
where
there
is
not
enough deceleration
t
hrough impact
to the
front
of the vehicle.
The
same goes
for the
othe
r
a irbag
systems in your Audi
.
So,
always wear your safety
belt
and make sure everybody in your vehicle is
properly restrained!
Important safety instructions about
safety
belts
Safety belts must always be correctly positioned
across the strongest bones of your body.
.,.
Always wear safety belts as
illustrated
and
de-
scribed
in
this chapter.
.,.
Make sure that your safety belts are always
ready
for
use and are not damaged.
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