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The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the mother. When a safety
belt is worn
properly, it’s more likely that tlw fctus won’t be hurt in a
crash. For pregnant womcn,
as for anyone, the key to making safety bclts
effective
is wearing them properly.
RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER POSITION
The right front passenger’s safety belt works thc same way as the driver’s
safety belt. See “Driver Position,” earlier
in this part.
When the
lap portion of the bclt is pullcd out all the way, it will lock. If it
does, let it go back all the way and start again.
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It’s vely important for rear seat passengers to buckle up! Accident
statistics show that unbelted
people in the. rear seat are hurt more often
in crashes than those who are wearing safety belts.
Rear passengers
who aren’t safety belted can be thrown out of the vehicle
in a crash. And they can strike others in the vehicle who are wearing
safety be.lts.
Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions
The positions next to the windows have lap-shoulder belts. Here’s how to
wear
one properly.
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plate and pull the
belt across you.
Don't
let it get
twisted.
2. Push the latch plate into thc bucklc until it clicks.
If thc belt stops
before it reaches the
buckle, tilt the latch
plate and keep
pulling until you can
buckle it.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine If the belt is not long enough, scc “Safety Belt Extender” at the end of
this section. Make sure the release button on the buckle faces upward or
outward so you would be able to unbucklc it quickly if you evcr had to.
4’ 3. To make the lap
part tight,
pull
buckle end of the
belt
as you pull up
on the shoulder
past.
.- down on the
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine The lap part of the belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just
touching the thighs. In a crash, this applies force to the strong pelvic
bones. And you'd be less
likely to slide under the lap belt. If you slid
under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. This could cause
serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should
go over the
shoulder and across the chest. These parts
of the body are best able to
take belt restraining forces.
The safety belt locks
if there's a sudden stop or a crash.
A CAUTION:
You can be seriously hurt if your shoulder belt is too loose. In a
crash you would move forward too much, which could increase
injury.
The shoulder belt should fit against your body.
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belt, just push the
button on the
buckle.
CENTER PASSENGER POSITION
Your vehicle has a rear bench seat. Someone can sit in the center
position.
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center seating
position, you have
a
lap safety belt, which
has no retractor.
To
make the belt longer,
tilt the latch plate
and pull it along the
belt.
To make the belt
shorter, pull its free
end
as shown until
the belt is snug.
Buckle, position and release it the same way as the lap part of a
1, lap-shoulder belt. If the belt isn’t long enough, see “Safety Belt Extender”
I at the end of this section.
Make sure the release button on the buckle faces upward or outward
so
I you would be able to unbuckle it quickly if you ever had to.
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CAUTION:
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,_ . Smaller children and babies should always be restrained in a
:-child or hifant restraint. The instructions for the restraint will
. ~ young child's hie 'bones are so small that a regular belt might . .
.: -not'stay low on.the hips, as it should. Instead, the belt will likely
~y whether it .is the right type and size-for .your. child, A very ;2-*-,. ..- -- - . . 1 ... Q
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I-!:,: :be Ovir .the ihild's, abdomen. In a crash the, belt would apply '-2- i.
;-foice right on the. child's abdomen, which could caus-e serious :or*'-!' '
. ._ -fatal . .. injuries; So, be sure that any child smakenough for one is -, ..
diivays properly restrained in a child or infant restraint. %$; .. -- I t ..a --. ..
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hold a baby, in your arms while riding in a vehicle, A'baby'. - ,_
mqesn't weigh much -- until-axrash. During a:craih a baby will .. - '--
become so heavy ym can't hold it. For example, iris crash at Y j:.~ .- -iy 25 mph (40'km/h], a 12-pound ,(55 kg) baby will. suddenly '';?!;:, -
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I..!. -a b$come a 240-pound (110 kg) force- on your ;-++ a"sI11.s. T.. :.*-;'$ The baby
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine CHILD RESTRAIINTS
Be sure to follow the instructions for the restraint. You may find these
instructions on the restraint itself or in
a booklet, or both. These
restraints use the belt system
in your vehicle, but the child also has to be
secured
within the restraint to help reduce the chance of personal injury.
The instructions
that come with the infant or child restraint will show you
how to do that.
where to Put the Restraint
Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are restrained in
the rear rather than the front seat. We at General Motors therefore
recommend that you put your child restraint
in the rear seat. NEVER put
a rear-facing child restraint
in the front passenger seat. Here’s why:
A CAUTION:
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A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously
injured if the right-front passenger’s air bag inflates. This is
because the back of a rear-facing child restraint would be
very close to the inflating air bag.
If your vehicle has a
right-front passenger’s air bag, always secure a rear-facing
child restraint in the rear seat.
You may secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right
front seat. However, before securing
a forward-facing child
restraint,
ALWAYS move the front passenger seat as far back
as it will go. Or, secure the child restraint in the rear seat.
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You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier section about the top
strap
if the child restraint has one.
1. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions for the child
restraint.
2. Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
3. Pull out the vehicle’s safety belt and run the lap part through or
around the restraint.
The child restraint instructions will show you
how. Tilt the latch plate to adjust the belt
if needed.
See if the shoulder belt would go in front of the child’s face or neck. If
so, put it behind the child restraint.
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