1999 Chevrolet S10 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 34

yellowblue CAUTION: If the right front passenger's air bag is turned off for a person who isn't in a risk group identified by the national government, that person won't have the extra protection of an air bag. In a crash, the air bag wouldn't be able to inflate and help protect the person sitting there. Your vehicle has an energy-absorbing safety belt for the right front passenger. This belt is designed to work with the air bag to provide restraint in some collisions by partially "giving" or yielding after first restraining the occupant's motion. In a crash, if the right front passenger's air bag is turned off, it wouldn't be able to inflate and help provide this restraint for the person sitting there. The larger the occupant, and the more severe the crash, the greater the risk becomes. Don't turn off the passenger's air bag unless the person sitting there is in a risk group identified by the national government. To turn off the right front passenger's air bag, insert your ignition key into the switch, push in, and move the switch to AIR BAG OFF. The AIR BAG OFF light will come on to let you know that the right front passenger's air bag is off. The right front passenger's air bag will remain off until you turn it back on again, and the AIR BAG OFF light will stay on to remind you that the air bag is off. 1-28