1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme child restraint

How to ,Wear Safety Belts Properlv
Adults
This part is anly for people of adult size.
Be aware that there are special things,to
know about
safety, belts and children. And there are different rules
for smaller children and babies. If a child will be riding,
in your, Oldsmobile, .see the part of this manual called
“Children.” Follow those rules for everyone’s
protection.
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First, you’ll want to &ow which restraintlsysterns your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
Driver Position .
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
Lap-Shodder Belt
properly. ’
1. Close and lock the door.
2.- ‘Adjust the seat (to see how, see “Seats” in the Index)
, The driver hasa’lap-shoulder belt. Here’show to wear it
so you can sit up straight.
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3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let it get twisted.
The shoulder belt may lock
if you pull the belt across
you very quickly.
If this happens, let the belt go back
slightly to unlock it. Then pull the belt across’ you
more slowly.

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Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides
for Children and Small Adults
(4-Door ,Models) =
Four-door models may have rear shoulder belt comfort guides.
This feature will provide added comfort for children who have
outgrown child restraints and for small adults. The comfoc
guides pull the shoulder belts away from the neck and head.
There is one guide for each outside passenger position in
the rear seat. You will find them tucked in between the seatback
and the interior body, about half-way down the
edge of the seatback. Here
is how you should install the
comfort guides on the shoulder belts:
1. Pull the elastic cord out from between the edge or
the seatback and the interiorbody;to remove the
guide from its storage clip.
2. Slide the guide under and past the belt. The elastic
cord must be under
the belt. Then, place the guide
over the belt, and insert the two edges of the belt into
the slots
of the guide.

Be sure to follow the instructions for the restraint. YOU
~,:$i may find these instructions on the restraint itself or in -a
' . ..I. booklet, or both. These restraints use the belt system in
._. j;;j your vehicle, but the child also has to be secured within
, . ':@The #.e instructions that come' with the infant or child ,
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:$;the restraint to help reduce the chance of personal injury.
Yjrestraint'will
.& show you how-to do that. L.-3$& , I . , <:' .^
Where to Put the-Restraint
accident statistics show that children are safer if they
in the rear rather than the front seat. We at
Motors therefore recommend that you put your
child restraint in the rear seat. Never-put a rear-facing
child restraint in'the front passenger seat. Here's why:
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Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child
restraint properly.
Keep
iri mind that .in unsecured child Festraint can move
, . around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in
the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure any child
restraint in your vehicle
-- even when no child is in it.

6. To tighten the belt, feed the shoulder belt into the
retractor while you push down on the child restraint. 7. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure it is secure.
To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle’s
safety belt and let it
go back all the way. The safety belt
will move freely again and
be ready to work for an adult
or larger child passenger.
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You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part 1,
about the top strap if the child restraint has one.
1. Because your vehicle has a right fibnt passenger air
bag, always move the seat as far back asit will go
before securing a forward-facing child restraint. (See
“Seats” in the Index.)
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
If the^ shoulder belt goes in front of the child’s face or
neck, put it behind the child restraint.
4. Pick up the latch plate,:and run the lap and shoulder
portions of the vehic1e”s safety belt through or
around the restraint. The child restraint instructions
will show ypu how.
5. Buckle the belt.
Make sure the release button
is positioned so you
would be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly
if
you ever: had *,to.
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the retractor to set
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the lock.
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the retractor while
you pu.sh. down on the child
restraint.
8. Push.and pull the child restraint in different
To remove the child festraint, just unbuckle the vehicle's
safety belt and let it
go back all the way.
The safety belt will move freely again
and be ready to
work for an adult or larger child passenger. directions to be sure
it is secure.

Larger Children Children who; have outgrown child restraints should
wear the vehicle’s.safety belts.
If, you have the choice, a child should sit next to a
wihdow ‘so‘the child can wear a lap-shoulder belt and
getthe. additional restraint
a shoulder belt can provide.
‘Accident statistics show that children are safer,i€they
are restrained in the rear seat. But they need to use the
safety belts properly.
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0 Children.who aren’t buckled up Can be thrown out in
, Children who aren’t buckled up .can strike other
,a, crash.
people who. we.
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, &.’ What if a childis wearing a lap-shoulder belt,
but the child is
so small that the shoulder belt is
very close to the
child’s face or neck?
A: Move the child toward the center of the vehicle, but
be sure that the shoulder belt still is on
the child’s
:. .? would have the,restraint that belts provide. If the
child is sitting in
a rear seat outside position, see
“Rear Safety Belt,
Comfo~? Guides” in the Index.
If the child is so small thatthe shoulder belt is still
very close to the. child’s face or neck, you might
want to place the child in the center seat position,
the one that has
only a lap belt.
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