Seating and Safety Restraints
If...
The driver's and front passenger's
safety belts are buckled before the
ignition switch is turned to the ON
position or less than 1-2 minutes
have elapsed since the ignition
switch has been turned ON...
The driver's or front passenger's
safety belt is not buckled when the
vehicle has reached at least 5 km/h
(3 mph) and 1-2 minutes have
elapsed since the ignition switch
has been turned to ON...
The driver's or front passenger's
safety belt becomes unbuckled for
approximately 1 minute while the
vehicle is traveling at least 5 km/h
(3 mph) and more than 1-2
minutes have elapsed since the
ignition switch has been turned to
ON...
The following are reasons most often given for not wearing safety belts
(All statistics based on U.S. data):
Reasons given...
Consider...
Crashes are rare
36700 crashes occur every day. The more we
events
drive, the more we are exposed to rare events,
even for good drivers. 1 in 4 of us will be
seriously injured in a crash during our
lifetime.
I'm not going far
3 of 4 fatal crashes occur within 25 miles of home.
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2007 Mariner Hybrid (mhv)
Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
USA (fus)
Then...
The BeltMinder feature will not
activate.
The BeltMinder feature is
activated - the safety belt warning
light illuminates and the warning
chime sounds for 6 seconds every
30 seconds, repeating for
approximately 5 minutes or until
the safety belts are buckled.
The BeltMinder feature is
activated - the safety belt warning
light illuminates and the warning
chime sounds for 6 seconds every
30 seconds, repeating for
approximately 5 minutes or until
the safety belts are buckled.