1993 CADILLAC ELDORADO Owners Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine REAR SEAT PASSENGERS
It’s vely important for rear seat passengers to buckle up! Accident
statistics show that unbelted
people in the. rear seat are hurt more often
in crashes than those who are wearing safety belts.
Rear passengers
who aren’t safety belted can be thrown out of the vehicle
in a crash. And they can strike others in the vehicle who are wearing
safety be.lts.
Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions
The positions next to the windows have lap-shoulder belts. Here’s how to
wear
one properly.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 1. Pick up the latch
plate and pull the
belt across you.
Don't
let it get
twisted.
2. Push the latch plate into thc bucklc until it clicks.
If thc belt stops
before it reaches the
buckle, tilt the latch
plate and keep
pulling until you can
buckle it.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine If the belt is not long enough, scc “Safety Belt Extender” at the end of
this section. Make sure the release button on the buckle faces upward or
outward so you would be able to unbucklc it quickly if you evcr had to.
4’ 3. To make the lap
part tight,
pull
buckle end of the
belt
as you pull up
on the shoulder
past.
.- down on the
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine The lap part of the belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just
touching the thighs. In a crash, this applies force to the strong pelvic
bones. And you'd be less
likely to slide under the lap belt. If you slid
under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. This could cause
serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should
go over the
shoulder and across the chest. These parts
of the body are best able to
take belt restraining forces.
The safety belt locks
if there's a sudden stop or a crash.
A CAUTION:
You can be seriously hurt if your shoulder belt is too loose. In a
crash you would move forward too much, which could increase
injury.
The shoulder belt should fit against your body.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine I 0 To unlatch the
belt, just push the
button on the
buckle.
CENTER PASSENGER POSITION
Your vehicle has a rear bench seat. Someone can sit in the center
position.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine When you sit in a
center seating
position, you have
a
lap safety belt, which
has no retractor.
To
make the belt longer,
tilt the latch plate
and pull it along the
belt.
To make the belt
shorter, pull its free
end
as shown until
the belt is snug.
Buckle, position and release it the same way as the lap part of a
1, lap-shoulder belt. If the belt isn’t long enough, see “Safety Belt Extender”
I at the end of this section.
Make sure the release button on the buckle faces upward or outward
so
I you would be able to unbuckle it quickly if you ever had to.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine CHILDREN
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Everyone in a vehicle needs protection! That includes infants and all
children smaller than adult size. In fact, the law in every state and
Canadian province says children up to
some age must be restrained while
in a vehicle.
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CAUTION:
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,_ . Smaller children and babies should always be restrained in a
:-child or hifant restraint. The instructions for the restraint will
. ~ young child's hie 'bones are so small that a regular belt might . .
.: -not'stay low on.the hips, as it should. Instead, the belt will likely
~y whether it .is the right type and size-for .your. child, A very ;2-*-,. ..- -- - . . 1 ... Q
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I-!:,: :be Ovir .the ihild's, abdomen. In a crash the, belt would apply '-2- i.
;-foice right on the. child's abdomen, which could caus-e serious :or*'-!' '
. ._ -fatal . .. injuries; So, be sure that any child smakenough for one is -, ..
diivays properly restrained in a child or infant restraint. %$; .. -- I t ..a --. ..
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hold a baby, in your arms while riding in a vehicle, A'baby'. - ,_
mqesn't weigh much -- until-axrash. During a:craih a baby will .. - '--
become so heavy ym can't hold it. For example, iris crash at Y j:.~ .- -iy 25 mph (40'km/h], a 12-pound ,(55 kg) baby will. suddenly '';?!;:, -
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I..!. -a b$come a 240-pound (110 kg) force- on your ;-++ a"sI11.s. T.. :.*-;'$ The baby
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. w&ld be almost -impossible t&..hold. -. . .&' c . -72.:: :'Gf
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