1998 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 36

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 crash. For a pregnant women, as anyone, the key to making for safety belts effective wearing them properly. is Right Front Passenger Position To learn how to wear the right passenger's front safety belt properly, see "Driver Position" earlier in this section. The rightfront passenger's safetybelt works the same -way as the driver's safety belt except for one thing.If you ever pull thelap portion of the belt out all the way, If you will engage the child restraint locking feature. this happens,just let thebelt go back all the way and start again. right front passenger, a side impact air bagfor the driver, and another side impact air bag the rightfront for passenger. Reduced-force frontal air bags are designed risk of to help reduce the of injury from the force an inflating frontal air bag. But even these air bags must inflate very quickly they are to do their and if job comply with federal regulations. Here are the most important thingsknow about the air to bag systems: Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) Systems This part explains the frontal and side impact Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) systems or air bag systems. Your vehicle hasfour air bags -- a "Next Generation" reduced-force frontal air bag for the driver, another "Next Generation" reduced-force frontal air bagfor the 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. CAUTION: (Continued) -- -- -- 1-21