1993 CADILLAC ELDORADO Owners Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Seatback Latches
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The front seatback folds forward to let people get into the back seat.
Your seatback
will move back and forth freely, unless you come to a
sudden stop. Then it will lock in place.
There's one
time the seatback may not fold without some help from you.
That's
if your vchicle is parked going down a fairly steep hill.
To fold the seatback forward, push the seatback toward the rear as you
lift this latch. Then the seatback will fold forward. The latch must be
down
for the seat to work properly.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine SAFETY BELTS: THEY’RE FOR EVERYONE
This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also
tells you some things you should not do with safety belts.
And it explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint, or “air bag”
system.
A CAUTION:
Don’t let anyone ride where they can’t wear a safety belt
properly.
If you are in a crash and you’re not wearing a sa
belt, your injuries can be much worse. You can hit things
the vehicle
or be ejected from it. You can be seriously inj
killed. In the same crash, you might not be if
you are bu
up.
Always fasten your safety belt, and check that your ,*-*:.;...
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This figure lights up when you turn the key to “Run” or “Start” when
your safety belt isn’t buckled, and
you’ll hear a chime, too. It’s the
reminder to buckle up.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts.
Here’s why: They work.
You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you don’t
know if it will be
a bad one.
A few crashes are very mild. In them, you won’t get hurt even if you’re
not buckled up. And some crashes can be
so serious, like being hit by a
train, that even buckled
up a person wouldn’t survive. But most crashes
are
in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and
sometimes walk away. Without belts they could be badly hurt or killed.
After
25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most
crashes buckling up does matter
... a lot!
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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes.
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Then stop the “car.”
The rider doesn’t
stop.
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The person keeps
going until stopped
by something.
In a real vehicle, it
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panel
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or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as
the vehiclc does. You get more time
to stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take th.e
forces. That's why safety belts make
such good sense.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine HERE ARE QUESTIONS MANYPEOPLE
ANSWERS
ASKABOUT SAFETYBELTS --AND THE
Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle ajter an accident if I’m wearing a safety
belt?
A: You could be -- whether you’re wearing a safety belt or not. But you
can easily unbuckle a safety belt, even
if you’re upside down. And
your chance of being conscious during and after an accident,
so you
can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted.
Q: Why don ’t they just put in air bags so people won ’t have to wear safety
belts?
A: ‘Air bags,” or Supplemental Inflatable Restraint systems, are in some
vehicles today and
will be in more of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems
only -- so they work with safety belts, not
instead
of them. Every “air bag” system ever offered for sale has
required the use of safety belts. Even
if you’re in a vehicle that has “
air bags,” you still have to buckle up to get the most protection.
That’s true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and
other collisions.
0: rf I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from home, why should I wear
safety belts?
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an accident -- even
one that isn’t your fault
-- you and your passengers can be hurt.
Being a good driver doesn’t protect you from things beyond your
control, such as bad drivers.
Most accidents occur within
25 miles (40 km) of home. And the
greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of less
than
40 mph (65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
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