1996 Cadillac Eldorado Owner's Manual - Page 36

A CAUTION: You can be severely injured or killed in a crash if you aren't wearing yoursafety belt even if you A CAUTION: -Air bags inflate with great force, faster than the blink of an eye. If you're tooclose to aninflating air bag, it could seriously injure you. Safety belts help keep you in position for an air bag inflation even in a crash. Always wear your safety belt, with an airbag. The driver should sit as back far as possible while stillmaintaining control of the vehicle. . - have an airbag. Wearing yoursafety belt during a crash helps reduce your chanceof hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejected from it. The air bag is only a "supplemental restraint." That is, it works withsafety belts but doesn't replace them. Air bags are designed to workonly in moderateto severe crashes where the front your vehicle hits of something. They aren't designed to inflate at all in rollover, rear, side or low-speed frontal crashes. Everyone in your vehicle, including the driver, should wear a safety belt properly whether or not there's an air bag for that person. -- A CAUTION: An inflating air bag can seriously injure small children. Always secure children properly in your vehicle. To read how, see the partof this manual called "Children" and the caution label on the right front passenger's safety belt. 1-21