1997 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual - Page 32

The best way to protect the fetus isto protect the mother. When a safety belt is worn properly, it'smore likely that the fetuswon't be hurt in a crash. For pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making safety belts effective is wearing them properly. Here are the most important things to know about the air bag system: 1 You can be severelyinjured or killed ina crash if you aren't wearing your safety belt even if you have air bags. Wearing your safety beltduring 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 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 inflate at all to in rollover,rear, side or low-speed frontal crashes. Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety beltproperly whether or not there's an air bag for that person. 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. When the lap portion of the belt is pulled out all the way, it will lock. If it does, let it go back all the way and start again. If your vehicle has a center passenger position, be sure to use the correct buckle when buckling your lap-shoulder belt. If you find that the latch plate will not go fully into the buckle, see if you are using the buckle for the center passenger position. -- Supplemental RestraintSystem (SRS) This part explains the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) or air bag system. Your Buick has two air bags -- one air bag for the driver and another air bag for the right front passenger. -- 1-20