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supposed to deploy in all kinds
of
accidents.
Alth
ough
your
Aud
i
is
equipped with airbags, all vehicle occupants, including the driver,
must
wear safety belts correctly in
order
to
minimize
the risk
of
severe
injury
or death in a crash.
Remember too, that airbags will deploy only once and that your
safety belts are
always
there to offer protection
in those
accidents
in which airbags 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 injuries can occur.
It
is
also important for the rear passengers to wear safety belts
correctly.
Unb elted
passengers in the rear seats endanger not only
themselves but also the driver and other passengers:::::, page 129,
fig. 106. In
a
frontal
collision
they will be thrown forward violently,
where they can hit and injure the driver and/or front seat
passenger.
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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
.
107 Driver
is prop-
erly
restrained in a
sudden
braking
maneuver.
Safety belts used properly can make a big difference
.
Safety belts
help
to
keep passengers in
their
seats, gradually
reduce
energy
levels applied to the body in an
accident,
and help prevent the
uncontrolled
movement that
can
cause serious injuries.
In
addition,
safety belts reduce the danger of being thrown out of
the
vehicle.
Safety belts 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 engineered
into today's vehicles. By "absorbing"
the kinetic energy over a
longer
period of time, the safety belts make the
forces
on
the
body
more
"tolerable" and
less likely
to cause
injury.
Although these examples are based on a frontal collision, safety
belts
can
also substantially
reduce
the risk of injury in other kinds
of crashes. So, whether you're on a long trip or
just
going to the
corner store, always buckle up and make sure others do, too
.
Acci-
dent statistics show that vehicle 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 supplemental airbags to do their job
in
a
collision
.
For
this reason, wearing a safety belt is
legally required
in
most countries
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 activated in
all frontal collisions,
in side
and rear collisions, in roll overs or
in
cases where there is not enough deceleration through impact to the
front of the vehicle. The same goes
for
the other airbag systems in
your Audi. So, always wear your safety belt and make sure every-
body in your vehicle is properly restrained!
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Important
safety
instruct~ons
about
safety
belts
Safety belts must always be properly
positioned
across
the strongest bones of your body.
Always
wear safety belts as illustrated and described
in
this chapter.
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