1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass Owner's Manual - Page 32

~ ~~~ -~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~ - -. - ~ ~~ .~ ~~ -. ~~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ 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 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 the most 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. "Driver Position" See earlier in this section. Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) 'This part explainsthe Supplemental Restraint System 1 (SRS) or air bag system. Your vehicle has "Next Generation" reduced-force for =frontal bags -- one air bag the driver and another air air bag for the right passenger. front ~ 'Reduced-force frontalair bags are designed to help of reduce the risk injury from the force an inflating of air bag. But even these bags must inflate very air quickly if they are to do their and comply with job federal .regulations...- You can be severelyinjured or killed in a crash if you aren't wearing your safety belt even if you during a have air bags. Wearing your safety belt crash helps reduce your chancehitting things of inside the vehicle being ejected from it. Air or bags are "supplemental restraints" to the safety belts. All air bags even reduced-forceair bags are designed to work with safety belts, but don't replace them. bags are designed to Air work only inmoderate to severe crashes where the front of your vehicle hits something. They aren't designed to inflate all at or in rollover, rear, side low-speed frontal crashes. And,for unrestrained occupants, CAUTION: (Continued) -- -- -- 1-20