2018 Seat Tarraco Owner's manual

Safe driving
risk of injury. The following points cover part
of the saf et
y equipment in your SEAT 1)
:

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Valid for all vehicle occupants:

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and also increase the risk of injury in the
ev
ent of an accident. WARNING
Risk of suffering severe head injuries If peo-
pl e t all
er than 1.60 m travel in the third row,
they may receive severe head injuries in
the event of an accident.

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not to hinder the driver

Seat belts
Rear seat belts fastened display* Fig. 88
Dashboard: left rear seat occupied
and corr esponding seat belt f ast
ened display.Depending on the model version, when the
ignition is s
wit
ched on, the seat belt st

atus
display

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Important safety instructions for
the use of seat belts

Seat belts
The effects of the laws of physics in the case
of a head-on collision ar e easy t
o e
xplain: the
moment a vehicle starts moving, a type of en-
ergy called “kinetic energy” starts acting on
both the vehicle and its passengers.
The amount of “kinetic energy” depends on
the speed of the vehicle and on the weight of
the vehicle and of its passengers. The higher
they are, the more energy there is to be “ab-
sorbed” in the event of an accident.
The most significant factor, however, is the
speed of the vehicle. If the speed doubles
from 25 km/h (15 mph) to 50 km/h (30 mph),
for example, the corresponding kinetic ener-
gy is multiplied by four.
Given that the passengers of the vehicle in
our example do not have their seat belts fas-
tened, in the event of a collision the entire
amount of the passengers

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Fig. 93
Position of seat belt during pregnancy. Properly worn seat belts hold the vehicle oc-
cupants in the position that most pr
ot
ects
them in the e
vent of an accident or sudden
braking