1997 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 25

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. See "Driver Position," earlier in this section. When the lap portion of the belt is pulled out all the way, it will lock. If it does, let it goback all the way and start again. You can be severely injured orkilled in a crash if you aren't wearing your safety belt even if you a have airbags. Wearing your safety belt during crash helps reduce your chance hitting things of inside thevehicle or being ejected from Air it. 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 are designed to work only in moderate severe to crashes where the front your vehicle hits of something. They aren't designed to inflate all at in rollover, rear, sideor low-speed frontal a crashes. Everyone in your vehicle should wear safety belt properly whether or not there's an air bag for that person. -- If your vehicle has a center passenger position, be sure to use the correct buckle when buckling your lap-shoulder belt. If you find that the latch plate will not go fully into the buckle, see if you are using the buckle for the center passenger position. Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) This part explains the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) or air bag system. Your Pontiac has two air bags -- one air bag for the driver and another air bag for the right front passenger. -- 1-18