2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Pickup Owner Manual - Page 42

40 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE • An energy-absorbing steering column and steering Please pay close attention to the information in this section. It tells you how to use your restraint system wheel properly, to keep you and your passengers as safe as • Knee bolsters/blockers for front seat occupants possible. • All seat belt systems (except driver's and second row WARNING! center position) include Automatic Locking Retractors (ALR) In a collision, you and your passengers can suffer If you will be carrying children too small for adult-sized much greater injuries if you are not properly buckled seat belts, the seat belts or the Lower Anchors and Tether up. You can strike the interior of your vehicle or other for CHildren (LATCH) feature also can be used to hold passengers, or you can be thrown out of the vehicle. infant and child restraint systems. Always be sure you and others in your vehicle are buckled up properly. NOTE: The Advanced Front Airbags have a multistage inflator design. This allows the airbag to have different Buckle up even though you are an excellent driver, even rates of inflation based on severity and type of collision. on short trips. Someone on the road may be a poor driver and cause a collision that includes you. This can happen far away from home or on your own street.