1-24The best way to protect the fetus is to protectthe 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 tomaking safety belts effective is wearing them properly.Right Front Passenger PositionTo learn how to wear the right front passenger’s safety beltproperly, see “Driver Position” earlier in this section.The right front passenger’s safety belt works the sameway as the driver’s safety belt -- except for one thing.If you ever pull the shoulder portion of the belt outall the way, you will engage the child restraint lockingfeature. If this happens, just let the belt go back all theway and start again.Air Bag SystemsThis part explains the frontal and side impact airbag systems.Your vehicle has four air bags -- a frontal air bag forthe driver, another frontal air bag for the right frontpassenger, a side impact air bag for the driver, andanother side impact air bag for the right front passenger.Frontal air bags are designed to help reduce the riskof injury from the force of an inflating frontal air bag.But these air bags must inflate very quickly to do theirjob and comply with federal regulations.Here are the most important things to know about theair bag systems:CAUTION:You can be severely injured or killed in a crashif you aren’t wearing your safety belt -- even ifyou have air bags. Wearing your safety beltduring a crash helps reduce your chance ofhitting things inside the vehicle or being ejectedfrom it. Air bags are designed to work with safetybelts but don’t replace them.CAUTION: (Continued)
