2001 Mercury Cougar Owner Guide 2nd Printing - Page 122
2001 Mercury Cougar Manual
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Seating and safety restraints Reasons given...Belts wrinkle my clothes" Consider...Possibly, but a serious crash can do much more than wrinkle your clothes, particularly if you are unbelted. Set the example, teen deaths occur 4 times more often in vehicles with TWO or MORE people. Children and younger brothers/sisters imitate behavior they see. Air bags offer greater protection when used with safety belts. Frontal airbags are not designed to inflate in rear and side crashes or rollovers. Not a good idea. People who are ejected are 40 times more likely to DIE. Safety belts help prevent ejection. WE CAN'T PICK OUR CRASH". The people I'm with don't wear belts" I have an air bag" I'd rather be thrown clear"
Seating and safety restraints
Reasons given...
Consider...
²Belts wrinkle
my
clothes"
Possibly,
but a
serious crash
can
do
much
more
than
wrinkle
your
clothes,
particularly
if
you
are
unbelted.
²The
people
I'm with don't wear
belts"
Set the
example,
teen
deaths occur
4 times
more
often
in
vehicles with
TWO
or
MORE people.
Children
and
younger
brothers/sisters
imitate
behavior
they
see.
²I have
an
air
bag"
Air
bags
offer greater protection
when
used
with
safety
belts.
Frontal
airbags are
not
designed
to
inflate
in
rear and
side
crashes or
rollovers.
²I'd rather
be
thrown clear"
Not a
good
idea.
People
who are
ejected
are
40
times
more
likely
to DIE.
Safety
belts help
prevent ejection.
WE CAN'T
²PICK
OUR
CRASH".