Ford Automobile User Manual page 85

Seating and safety restraints
Pregnant women
Pregnant women must wear
a correctly positioned seat
belt; it is safer for mother and
unborn child.
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The lap strap should be fitted
comfortably across the hips, low
beneath the pregnant abdomen.
The diagonal part of the seat belt
should be placed between the
breasts, and worn above and to the
side of the pregnant abdomen.
Always wear seat belts without
slack or twists. For optimum
protection, the seat belts should fit
tightly around the body. Do not
recline the front seats excessively,
as the belts provide maximum
protection when the seats are in the
near upright position.
Never wear just the lap
strap of a lap/shoulder
diagonal seat belt and never sit on
the lap strap using just the
shoulder strap. Both of these
actions are extremely dangerous
and may increase your risk of
serious injury.