1998 GMC Sonoma Owner's Manual - Page 34

Here are the most important things to know about the air bag system: Air bags inflate with great force, faster than the blink of an eye. If you're tooclose to an inflating air bag, it could seriously injure This is true you. even with reduced-force frontal air bags. Safety belts help keepyou in position beforeand during a crash. Always wear your safetybelt, even with reduced-force airbags. The driver should sit as far back as possible while still maintaining control of the vehicle. 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 chance hitting things of inside the vehicleor being ejected from Air it. bags are "supplemental restraints" to the safety belts. All air bags even reduced-force air bags are designedto work with safety belts, but don't replace them. Air bags are designed to work only in moderate to severe crashes where the frontof your vehicle hits something. They aren't designed to inflateat all in rollover,rear, side or low-speed frontal crashes. And, for unrestrained occupants, reduced-force air bags may provide less protection in frontal crashes than more forceful air bags have provided in the past. Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety belt properly whether or notthere's an air bag for that person. 0- -- -- -- 1-20