1996 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 34

Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Safety belts work everyone, including pregnant for women. Like all occupants, they are more likelybe to seriously injured if they don't wear safety belts. Thebestwaytoprotectthefetus is to protectthe worn properly, it's more mother. When a safety belt is likely that the fetus won't be hurt in a crash. For pregnant women, as for anyone, the to making key safety belts effective is wearing them properly. Right Front Passenger Position The right front passenger's safety works the same belt way as the driver's safety belt.See "Driver Position," earlier inthis section. Rear Seat Passengers It's very important rear seat passengers buckle up! for to Accident statisticsshow that wbelted people in the rear seat arehurt more often in crashes than those who are wearing safety belts. Rear passengers who aren't safety belted be thrown can out of the vehiclein a crash. And they can strike others i the vehicle who are wearing safety belts. n A pregnant woman shouldwear a lap-shoulder belt, and the lap'portion should be worn as low as possible, b'elow the rounding, throughout the pregnancy. 1-26 , .