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Safet
y
belt
s
Safety
belts
General
information
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts
correctly saves
lives!
This
chapter
exp
lain
s
why safety be lts are neces-
sary, how they work
and
how to adjust
and
wear
them
correctly.
..
Read all the information that fo llows and heed
all of the instructions and WARNINGS.
&_
WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im-
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
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Safety belts are the single most effective
means available to reduce the risk of serious
injury and death in automobile accidents.
For your protection and
that
of your passen-
gers, always correct ly wear safety belts
when the vehicle is moving.
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Pregnant women,
injured,
or physically
im-
paired persons must
also
use safety belts.
Like all veh icle occupants,
they are more
likely
to be seriously injured
if they
do not
wear safety be lts
.
The
best
way to
protect
a
fetus
is to protect the mother - throughout
the ent ire
pregnancy.
Number of seats
Your Audi has a
total
of four
seating
posit ions:
two
in
t
he
front and two in
the rea r.
Each seating
position has a safety belt
.
&_
WARNING
Not
wea ring safety belts or wearing them
im-
properly
increases
the risk
of
serious personal
injury
and death.
-
Never
strap more than one person, includ-
ing
small ch
ildr
en, into
any
belt. It is espe-
cially dangerous
to
place a safety belt over a
child
sit
t
ing on your
lap
.
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Never
let more people ride
in the vehicle
than there are
safety be
lts
available.
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Be sure everyone riding in the vehicle
is
properly restrained with a separate safety
belt or child restraint.
Safety belt warning light
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver
and (on USA models only) front
seat
passenger
to remind you about
the importance
of buckling-
up
.
Fig.
136
Safety belt
warning
light
in
the
instrument clus-
ter
-
enlarged
Before driving off,
always:
..
Fasten
your safety belt and make sure you are
wearing it properly.
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"' "'
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N
<f
m
..
Make
s
ure
that
your passengers
a
lso
buckle up
and properly wear the
ir
safety belts
.
..
Protect your children with a child
restraint
sys-
tem
appropriate for
the
s ize and age of
the chil-
dren.
The
.
warn ing
light
in
the instrument
cluster
lights
up when the ign it ion is switched on as a re-
minder
to fasten the safety be
lt
s.
In
addit io n,
you w
ill
hear
a
warning tone
for
a
certain
period
of
time.
Fasten
your safety
belt now and make
sure
that
your
passengers
also
properly put on their
safe-
ty belts
.
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