2000 Ford Focus Owner's Manual - Page 91
2000 Ford Focus Manual
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Seating and safety restraints Reasons given...Belts wrinkle my clothes" Consider...Possibly, but a serious crash can do much more than wrinkle your clothes, particularly if you are unbelted. Set the example, teen deaths occur 4 times more often in vehicles with TWO or MORE people. Children and younger brothers/sisters imitate behavior they see. Air bags offer greater protection when used with safety belts. Frontal airbags are not designed to inflate in rear and side crashes or rollovers. Not a good idea, people who are ejected are 40 times more likely to DIE. Safety belts help prevent ejection. WE CAN'T PICK OUR CRASH". The people I'm with don't wear belts" I have an air bag" I'd rather be thrown clear" 91
Seating
and safety restraints
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Reasons given...
Consider...
±Belts wrinkle my clothes"
Possibly, but a serious crash can do
much more than wrinkle your
clothes, particularly if you are
unbelted.
±The people I'm with don't wear
belts"
Set the example, teen deaths occur
4 times more often in vehicles with
TWO or MORE people. Children
and younger brothers/sisters
imitate behavior they see.
±I have an air bag"
Air bags offer greater protection
when used with safety belts.
Frontal airbags are not designed to
inflate in rear and side crashes or
rollovers.
±I'd rather be thrown clear"
Not a good idea,
people
who are
ejected are
40 times more
likely to DIE.
Safety belts help
prevent ejection. WE CAN'T ±PICK
OUR CRASH".