1994 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Owners Manual

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3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the
belt across you. Don’t let it get
twisted.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle
until it clicks.
Pull up on the latch plate to make
sure it is secure.
If the belt isn’t long enough, see
Safety Belt Extender at the end of
this section.
Make sure the release button
on the
buckle is positioned
so you would be
able to unbuckle the safety belt
quickly if you ever had to. 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 b
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 loclts if there’s a sudden
stop or a crash.
Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It
won’t give nearly as much protection
this way.
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Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The belt is buckled in the wrong
place.
3: What’s wrong with this?
4: The shoulder belt is worn under the
arm.
It should be worn over the
shoulder at all times.
Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The belt is twisted across the body.
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To unlatch the belt, just push the
button on the buckle. The belt should
go back out of the way.
Before you close the door, be sure the
belt is out of the way. If you slam the
door on it, you can damage both the
belt and your vehicle.
Safety Belt Use During
Pregnancy
Safety belts work for everyone,
including pregnant women. Like
all
occupants, they are more likely to be
seriously injured if they don’t wear
safety belts.
A pregnant woman should wear a lap-
shoulder belt, and the lap portion
should be worn as low as possible
throughout the pregnancy.
The best way to protect the fetus is to
protect the mother. When a safety belt
is worn properly, it’s more likely that
the fetus won’t be hurt in a crash.
For
pregnant women, as for anyone, the key
to malung safety belts effective is
wearing them properly.
Right Front Passenger
Position
The right front passenger’s safety belt
works the same way as the driver’s
safety belt. See
Driver Position, earlier
in- this part.
When the lap portion of the belt is pulled
out all the way, it will lock.
If it does, let
it go back
all the way and start again.
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Rear Seat Passengers
It’s very 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 belts.
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Rear Seat Outside Passenger
Positions
Lap-Shoulder Belt
The positions next to the windows have
lap-shoulder belts. Here’s
how to wear one properly.
1. Pick up the latch plate and pull the
belt across you. Don’t let
it get
twisted.
2. Push the latch plate into the buckle
until it clicks. Pull up on the latch
plate to make sure it is secure.
When the shoulder belt is pulled out all
the way, it will lock. If it does, let it go
back all the way and start again.
If the belt is not long enough, see
Safety
Belt Extender at the end of this section.
Make sure the release button
on the
buckle is positioned
so you would be
able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly
if you ever had to.
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3. To make the lap part tight, pull down
on the buckle end
of the belt as you
pull up on the shoulder part. The
lap part of the belt should be
worn
.ow and snug on the hips, just touching
;he thighs. In a crash, this applies force
:o the strong pelvic bones. And you’d be
.ess likely to slide under the lap belt.
If
you slid under it, the belt would apply
iorce at your abdomen.
This could
;awe serious
or even fatal injuries. The
shoulder belt should go over the
shoulder and across the chest. These
?arts of the body are best able to tale
2elt restraining forces.
rhe safety belt locks
if there’s a sudden
stop or a crash.
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To unlatch the belt, just push the
button on the buckle.
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Center Passenger Position
Lap Belt
If your vehicle has a rear bench seat,
someone can sit in the center position. 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.
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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 lap-shoulder belt.
If the belt isn’t long enough, see
Safety
Belt Extender at the end of this section.
Male sure the release button on the
buckle is positioned
so you would be
able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly
if
you ever had to.
Children
Everyone in a vehicle needs protection!
That includes infants and all children
smaller than adult size. In fact, the law
in every state
in the United States and
in every Canadian province says
children up to some age must be
restrained while in a vehicle.
Smaller Children and Babies
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Be sure to follow the instructions for
+he restraint. You may find these
atructions on the restraint itself or in
I a booklet, or both. These restraints use
he belt system in your vehicle, but the
hild
also has to be secured within the
estraint to help reduce the chance of
personal injury. The instructions that
come with the infant or child restraint
will show you how to do that.
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