1998 Buick Skylark Owner's Manual - Page 28

The best way to protect the fetus is to protectthe mother. When a safety belt worn properly, it's more is likely that the fetus won't be hurtin a crash. For pregnant women, as anyone, the key to making for is safety belts effective wearing them properly. things to know about the air Here are the most important bag system: A CAUTION: ~ Right Front Passenger Position The right front passenger's safetybelt works the sarne way as the driver's safetybelt. See "Driver Position" earlier in this section. ~. You can be severely injured orkilled ina 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 hitting things of inside the vehicle or being ejected fromit. Air bags are "supplemental restraints" to the safety belts. All air bags are designed to work with safety belts, but don't replacethem. Air bags are designed to workonly in moderateto severe crashes where the front your vehicle hits of something. They aren't designed to inflateat all in rollover, rear, sideor low-speed frontal crashes. Everyonein yourvehicle should weara safety belt properly whether or not there's an air bag for that person. -- Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) This part explains Supplemental Restraint System the (SRS) or air bag system. Your vehicle has two bags -- one air bagfor the air driver and another air bag the right front passenger. for -- 1-21