1998 GMC Safari Owner's Manual - Page 40

The best way to protect fetus is to protect the the mother. When a safety belt is worn properly, it's more likely that the fetus won't hurt in:$crash.For be pregnant women,as for anyone, thekey to making safety belts effective wearing them properly. is Here are the most important things to know about the air bag system: A CAUTIOA.. You can be severelyinjured or killed ina crash if you aren't wearing your safety belt even if you &@ve bags. Wearing your safety belt air during a &ash helps reduce your chance hitting things of it. inside the vehicle or being ejected from Air Bags are "supplemental restraints" to the safety belts. All air bags are designed to work with safety belts,but don't replace them. Air bags are designed to work only in moderate to severe crashes where the front of your vehicle hits something. Theyaren't designed to inflate at all in rollover, rear, side low-speed frontal or crashes. Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety belt properly whether or not there'san air bag for that person. Right Front Passenger Position To learn how to wear the right passenger's front safety belt properly, "Driver Position" earlierin see 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 lap portionof the belt out the way, the all you will engage the child restraint locking feature. If this happens,just let the beltgo back all the way and start again. -- Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) System This part explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) system or air bag system. -- -Your vehicle has two air bags one air bag for the driver and another air bag the right front passenger. for 1-26