1998 Oldsmobile Aurora Owner's Manual - Page 33

The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the mother. When a safety belt is worn properly, it's more likely that the fetuswon't be hurt in a crash. For pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making is safety belts effective wearing them properly. Here are the most important things to know about the air bag system: Right Front Passeng .Position I To learn how to wear the right front passenger's safety belt properly, see "Driver Position'' earlier inthis section. The right front passenger's safety belt workssame way as the the driver's safety belt -- exceptfor one thing. If you pull ever engage the the lap portion of the belt out the way, you will all If this child restraint locking feature. happens,just let the belt go back all the way and start again. Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) This part explains the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) or airbag system. Your vehicle has "Next Generation" reduced-force frontal air bags -- one airbag for the driver and another air bag for the right frontpassenger. Reduced-force frontal airbags are designed to help reduce therisk of injury from the force an inflating of air bag. But even these airbags must inflate very quickly if they are to do their job and comply with federal regulations. i You can be severelyinjured or killed in a crash if you aren't wearing your safety belt even if you have air bags. Wearingyour safety beltduring a crash helps reduce your chance of hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejectedfrom it. 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 moderate to severe are designed to work only in crashes where the front of your vehicle hits something. They aren't designed to inflate at all in rollover, rear, side or low-speed frontal crashes. Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety beltproperly whether or not there's an air bag for thatperson. -- -- 1-21