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Driving
safety
Basics
Safe driving habits
Please remember - safety first!
This chapter contains important information,
tips, instructions and warnings that you need to
read and observe for your own safety, the safety
of your passengers and others . We have summar-
ized here what you need to know about safety
belts, airbags, child restraints as well as child
safety. Your safety is for us
priority number 1.
Al-
ways observe the information and warnings in
this section - for your own safety as well as that
of your passengers.
The information in this section app lies to all
model versions of your vehicle. Some of the fea-
tures descr ibed in this sections may be standard
equipment on some models, or may be optional
equipment on others. If you are not sure, ask
your authorized Audi dealer.
A
WARNING
- Always make sure that you follow the in-
structions and heed the WARNINGS in this
Manual. It is in your interest and in the in-
terest of your passengers .
-
- Always keep the complete Owner's Litera-
ture in your Audi when you lend or sell your
vehicle so that this important information
will always be available to the driver and
passengers.
- Always keep the Owner's literature handy so
that you can find it easily if you have ques-
tions.
Safety equipment
The safety features are part of the occupant re-
straint system and work together to help reduce
the risk of injury in a wide variety of accident sit-
uations.
Your safety and the safety of your passengers
should not be left to chance. Advances in tech-
nology have made a var iety of features available
to help reduce the risk of injury in an accident.
Driving
safety
The following is a list of just a few of the safety
features in your Audi:
- sophisticated
safety belts for dr iver and all pas-
senger seat ing pos itions,
- safety belt pretensioners,
- safety belt force limiters for the front seats,
- safety belt height adjustment
systems for the
front seats,
- front airbags,
- knee airbags for the front seats
- side airbags in the front seats and outer rear
seats,
- side curtain airbags,
- special LATCH anchorages for child restraints,
- head restraints for each seating position,
- adjustable steering column.
These individual safety features, can work to-
gether as a system to help protect you and your
passengers in a w ide range of acc idents . These
features cannot work as a system if they are not
always correctly adjusted and correctly used.
Safety is everybody's responsibility!
Important things to do before driving
Safety is everybody ' s job! Vehicle and occupant
safety always depends on the informed and care-
ful driver.
For your safety and the safety of your passen-
gers,
before driving always:
.,. Make sure that all lights and signals are operat-
ing correctly .
.,. Make sure that the tire pressure is correct.
.,. Make sure that all windows are clean and afford
good visibility to the outside .
.,. Secure all luggage and other items carefully
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page 68,
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page 73 .
.,. Make sure that nothing can interfere with the
pedals.
.,. Adjust front seat, head restraint and mirrors
correctly for your height.
.,. Instruct passengers to adjust the head re-
straints according to their height.
.,. Make sure to use the right child restraint cor-
rectly to protect children
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page 168, Child
safety.
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