1999 Cadillac Catera Owner's Manual - Page 32

yellowblue 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 pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making safety belts effective is wearing them properly. If your vehicle has side impact air bags, it will say AIRBAG on the air bag covering on the side of the driver's and right front passenger's seatback closest to the door. Right Front Passenger Position To learn how to wear the right front passenger's safety belt properly, see "Driver Position" earlier in this section. The right front passenger's safety belt works the same way as the driver's safety belt -- except for one thing. If you ever pull the shoulder portion of the belt out all the way, you will engage the child restraint locking feature. If this happens, just let the belt go back all the way and start again. Air Bag Systems This part explains the frontal and side impact air bag systems. Your vehicle has air bags -- a "Next Generation" frontal air bag for the driver and another "Next Generation" frontal air bag for the right front passenger. Your vehicle may also have side impact air bags -- a side impact air bag for the driver and another side impact air bag for the right front passenger. Next Generation frontal air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of injury from the force of an inflating frontal air bag. But even these air bags must inflate very quickly if they are to do their job and comply with federal regulations. 1-24