1997 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 28

The best way toprotect the fetus is toprotect the mother, When a safety belt is worn properly, it's more likely that the fetus won't be hurt ina crash. For pregnant women, asfor anyone, the key to making safety beltseffective is wearing them properly. Here arethe most important things to know about air the 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. U Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) This part explains the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) or air bag system. Your Pontiac has twoair bags -- one air bag for the driver and another air bag the right front passenger. for You can be severelyinjured orkilled in a crash if you aren't wearing your safety belt even if you have airbags. Wearing your safety during a belt crash helps reduce your chance hitting things of inside the vehicle or being ejected from Air it. bags are "supplemental restraints" to the safety belts. All air bags are designed towork with safety belts, but don't replace them. Air bags are designed to workonly in moderate tosevere crashes where the front your vehicle hits of something. They aren't designed inflateat all to in rollover, rear, side low-speed frontal or crashes. Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety belt properly whether or not there's an air bag for that person. -- -- 1-21