1998 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual - Page 33

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 pregnane women, as for anyone, the key to making safety belts effective is wearing them properly. Your vehicle has "Next Generation" reduced-force frontal air bags -- one air bag ~ Q I " driver 2nd another Fhe air bag for the right front passenger. Reduced-force frontal air bags are designed to help seduce the risk of injury from the force of an inflating frontal air bag. Bst even these air bags x m s t inflate very quickly if they a e to do their job and comply with federal regulations. Here are the most important things to know about the air bag system: To Bern how io wear the right front passenger's safety belt properly, see "Driver Po~itiod' earlier in this section. The right front passenger's safety beit works the same way as the driver's safety belt -- except for one thing. If you ever pull the lap p ~ r t i of~ ~ belt out all the way, o the you will engage the child restraint locking feature. If this happens, just let the belt go back all the way and s t a t again. h your vehicle has a center passenger position, be sure f to use the correct buckie when b u c k h g your fap-shoulder belt. If you find that the latch plate will not go fully irrto the buckle, see if you are using the buckle for the center passenger position. This part explains the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) or ais bag system.