Ford Expedition 2009 Owner's Manual page 215

Reasons given...
"I was in a hurry"
"Safety belts don't work"
"Traffic is light"
"Belts wrinkle my clothes"
"The people I'm with don't
wear belts"
"I have an airbag"
"I'd rather be thrown clear" Not a good idea. People who are ejected
WARNING: Do not sit on top of a buckled safety belt or insert a
latchplate into the buckle to avoid the Belt-Minder chime. To
do so may adversely affect the performance of the vehicle's air bag
system
One-time disable
Any time the safety belt is buckled and then unbuckled during an
ignition on cycle, Belt-Minder will be disabled for that ignition cycle
only.
2009 Expedition (exd)
Owners Guide, 2nd Printing
USA (fus)
Seating and Safety Restraints
Consider...
Prime time for an accident.
Belt-Minder reminds us to take a few
seconds to buckle up.
Safety belts, when used properly,
reduce risk of death to front seat
occupants by 45% in cars, and by 60%
in light trucks.
Nearly 1 of 2 deaths occur in
single-vehicle crashes, many when no
other vehicles are around.
Possibly, but a serious crash can do much
more than wrinkle your clothes,
particularly if you are unbelted.
Set the example, teen deaths occur 4
times more often in vehicles with TWO or
MORE people. Children and younger
brothers/sisters imitate behavior they see.
Airbags offer greater protection when
used with safety belts. Frontal airbags are
not designed to inflate in rear and side
crashes or rollovers.
are 40 times more likely to DIE.
Safety belts help prevent ejection, WE
CAN'T "PICK OUR CRASH".
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