1998 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 29

The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the mother. When a safety belt worn properly, it's more is likely that the fetus won't hurt in a crash. For be pregnant women, asfor anyone, the key making to safety belts effective is wearing them properly. to Here are the most important things know about the air bag system: r 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. I A CAUTION: -- Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) T i part explains the Supplemental Restraint System hs (SRS) or air bag system. You can be severelyinjured or killed ina crash if you aren't wearing your safety belteven ifyou have air bags. Wearing your safety belt during a crash helps reduce your chance of hitting things Air inside the vehicle being ejected from it. or -- bags are "supplemental restraints'' to the Your vehicle has "Next Generation" reduced-force frontal air bags -- one air bagfor the driver and another air bag for the rightfront passenger. Reduced-force frontal a r bags are designed to help i reduce the risk injury fromthe force of an inflating of air bag. But even these air bags must inflate very quickly ifthey are to do their job and comply with federal regulations. safety belts. Allair bags even reduced-force air bags are designed to work with safety belts, but don't replace them. bags are designed to Air work only in moderate severe crashes where to the front of your vehicle hits something. They aren't designed to inflate all in rollover, rear, at side or low-speed frontal crashes. And,for unrestrained occupants, reduced-force bags air may provide less protection in frontal crashes than more forceful bags have provided in the air past. Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety belt properly whether or not there'san air bag for that person. -- -- 1-22