1997 GMC Suburban Owner's Manual - Page 41

The bestway 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. Here are themost important things to know about the air bag system: Right Front Passenger Position The right front passenger's safety belt works the same way as the driver's safety belt. See "Driver Position" earlier in this section. When the lap belt is pulled out all the way, it will lock. (This is the child restraint locking feature working normally.) If the belt locks, let it go back all the way and start again. You can be severely injured or killed in a crash if you aren't wearing your safety belt even if you have airbags. Wearing your safety belt during a crash helps reduce your chancehitting things of inside thevehicle or being ejected from Air it. bags are "supplemental restraints'' to the safety belts. All air bags are designed to work with safety belts, but don't replace them. bags are Air designed to work only in moderate to severe crashes where the front your vehicle hits of something. They aren't designed to inflateall at in rollover, rear, side or low-speed frontal crashes. Everyone in your vehicle should wear a there's an safety belt properly whether or not air bag for that person. -- Supplemental Inflatable Restraint System This part explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint system or air bag system. Your vehicle has two air bags -- one airbag for the driver and another air bag for the right front passenger. -- 1-31