2006 Mercury Mariner Owner Guide 2nd Printing - Page 100

Seating and Safety Restraints If...The driver's and front passenger's safety belts are buckled before the ignition switch is turned to the ON position or less than 1-2 minutes have elapsed since the ignition switch has been turned ON...The driver's or front passenger's safety belt is not buckled when the vehicle has reached at least 5 km/h (3 mph) and 1-2 minutes have elapsed since the ignition switch has been turned to ON...The driver's or front passenger's safety belt becomes unbuckled for approximately 1 minute while the vehicle is traveling at least 5 km/h (3 mph) and more than 1-2 minutes have elapsed since the ignition switch has been turned to ON...Then...The BeltMinder௡ feature will not activate. The BeltMinder௡ feature is activated the safety belt warning light illuminates and the warning chime sounds for 6 seconds every 30 seconds, repeating for approximately 5 minutes or until the safety belts are buckled. The BeltMinder௡ feature is activated the safety belt warning light illuminates and the warning chime sounds for 6 seconds every 30 seconds, repeating for approximately 5 minutes or until the safety belts are buckled. The following are reasons most often given for not wearing safety belts (All statistics based on U.S. data): Reasons given...ЉCrashes are rare eventsЉ Consider...36700 crashes occur every day. The more we drive, the more we are exposed to ЉrareЉ events, even for good drivers. 1 in 4 of us will be seriously injured in a crash during our lifetime. 3 of 4 fatal crashes occur within 25 miles of home. ЉI'm not going farЉ 100 2006 Mariner (mrn) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)