1997 Chevrolet Lumina Owner's Manual - Page 41

Rear Seat Passengers It's veryimportant for rear seatpassengers to buckle up! Accident statistics show that unbelted people in the rear in are seat are hurt more often crashes than those who wearing safety belts. Rear passengers who aren't safety belted be thrown can out of the vehicle ina crash. And they can strike others in the vehicle whoare wearing safety belts. Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions To make the belt shorter, pullits free end as shown until the beltis snug. Buckle, positionand release it the same way asthe lap part of a lap-shoulder belt.If the belt isn't long enough, see "Safety BeltExtender" at the end of this section. Make surethe release button on the buckleis positioned so you wouldbe able tounbuckle the safety belt quickly if you ever had to. U Lap-Shoulder Belt The positions next to the windows lap-shoulder have belts. Here's how to wear properly. one