1998 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Owners Manual

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual How to  Wear  Safety Belts Properly 
Adults 
This  part  is  only  for  people  of adult  size. 
Be  aware  that  there  are  special  things  to  know  about  safety 
belts  and  children,  And  ther

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual 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

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual What’s wrong with  this? 
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

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual Whats  wrong with this? 
A: The belt is buckled in the wrong place. 
You can be seriously  injured if your belt  is 
buckled in  the wrong  place like  this. 
In a crash, 
the  belt  would 
go up ove

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual What’s wrong with this? 
A: The shoulder belt is worn under the arm. It should 
be worn over the shoulder at all times. 
You can  be seriously  injured if  you wear the 
shoulder  belt under  your a

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual Q.’ What’s  wrong  with this? 
L 
A: The belt is twisted across the body. 
You can be seriously injured  by a twisted belt. In 
a crash, you wouldn’t have  the full  width  of  the 
belt  to spr

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual 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  do

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual 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