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Safety
belts
Safety
belts
General
notes
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safe ty belts correctly saves lives!
This chapter explains why safety belts are neces-
sary, how they work and how to adjust and wear
them correctly.
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Read all the information that follows and heed
all of the instructions and WARNINGS.
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WARNING
Not
wearing safety belts or wearing them
im-
properly increases the
risk
of serious personal
injury and death
.
-
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
correctly
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
vehicle occupants, they
are
more
likely to
be seriously injured if they do not
wear safety belts. The best way to protect a
fetus is to protect the mother - throughout
the entire pregnancy
.
Number of seats
Your Audi has a total of five seating positions:
two in the front and three
in
the rear. Each seat-
ing position has a safety belt.
&_
WARNING
Not
wearing 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 children, into any belt
.
It
is
espe-
cially dangerous
to place
a safety
belt over
a
child
sitting on your
lap.
- Never
let more people
ride
in the vehicle
than there
are safety
belts
available.
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Be sure everyone riding in the vehicle is
properly restrained with a separate safety
belt or child restraint.
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Safety belt warning light
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver
and front seat passenger (on USA models only)
to remind you about the importance of buckling-
up
.
Fig.
151 Safety be lt warning light
in
the instrument
clus-
ter
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enlarged
Before driving off, always:
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Fasten your safety
belt
and make sure you are
wearing it properly .
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Make sure that your passengers also buckle up
and properly wear their safety belts
.
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Protect children with a child restraint system
appropriate for the size and age
.
The warning light
.
in the
instrument
cluster
lights
up when the ignition is on as a reminder to
fasten the safety belts. In addition
,
you will hear
a warning tone for a
certain
period of
time.
Fasten your safety belt and make sure that your
passengers also properly put on their safety
belts.
&_
WARNING
-
-
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 correctly wear safety
belts
when the vehicle is moving.
-
Failure
to pay attention to the warning light
that come on, could lead to personal injury.
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