The best
way
to protect the fetus is
to
protect the
mother. When a safety belt
is
worn properly, it’s more
likely that the fetus won’t be hurt in
a
crash. For
pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making
safety belts effective
is
wearing them properly.
Right
Front Passenger
Position
The right front passenger’s safety belt works the same
way
as
the driver’s safety belt. See “Driver Position”
earlier in this section.
Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS)
This
part
explains the Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS)
or air bag system.
Your
vehicle has “Next Generation” reduced-force
frontal air bags
--
one air bag for the driver and another
for the right front passenger.
Reduced-force frontal
air
bags are designed to help
reduce the risk of injury from the force
of
an inflating
air bag. But even these air bags must inflate very
quickly if they are to do their jobs and comply with
federal regulations.
Here are the most important things to know about the air
bag system:
You
can
be severely injured or killed
in
a crash
if
you aren’t wearing
your
safety belt
--
even
if
you
have
air
bags, Wearing your safety belt during a
crash helps reduce your chance of hitting things
inside the vehicle or being ejected from
it.
Air
bags
are
“supplemental restraints” to the safety belts.
All
air
bags
--
even reduced-force
air
bags
--
are
designed to work with safety belts, but don’t
replace them. Air
bags
are
designed to work only
in moderate to severe crashes where the front of
your vehicle
hits
something. They aren’t designed
to
inflate
at
all
in
rollover, rear, side or low-speed
frontal crashes. And, for unrestrained occupants,
reduced-force
air
bags may provide less protection
in
frontal crashes than more forceful
air
bags have
provided in the past. Everyone in your vehicle
should wear
a
safety belt properly
--
whether or
not there’s
an
air
bag for that person.
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