Seating and safety restraints
Thefollowingarereasonsmostoftengivenfornotwearingsafetybelts:
(AllstatisticsbasedonU.S.data)
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ЉCrashesarerare 36700crashesoccureveryday.Themorewe
eventsЉ
drive,themoreweareexposedtoЉrareЉevents,even
forgooddrivers.1in4ofuswillbeseriously
injuredinacrashduringourlifetime.
ЉI’mnotgoingfarЉ 3of4fatalcrashesoccurwithin25milesofhome.
ЉBeltsare
uncomfortableЉ
Forddesignsitssafetybeltstoenhancecomfort.If
youareuncomfortable-trydifferentpositionsfor
thesafetybeltupperanchorageandseatback
whichshouldbeasuprightaspossible;thiscan
improvecomfort.
ЉIwasinahurryЉ Primetimeforanaccident.BeltMinderreminds
ustotakeafewsecondstobuckleup.
ЉSeatbeltsdon’t
workЉ
Safetybelts,whenusedproperly,reduceriskof
deathtofrontseatoccupantsby45%incars,
andby60%inlighttrucks.
ЉTrafficislightЉ
Nearly1of2deathsoccurinsingle-vehicle
crashes,manywhennoothervehiclesarearound.
ЉBeltswrinklemy Possibly,butaseriouscrashcandomuchmore
clothesЉ
thanwrinkleyourclothes,particularlyifyouare
unbelted.
ЉThepeopleI’m
withdon’twear
beltsЉ
Settheexample,teendeathsoccur4timesmore
ofteninvehicleswithTWOorMOREpeople.
Childrenandyoungerbrothers/sistersimitate
behaviortheysee.
ЉIhaveanairbagЉ Airbagsoffergreaterprotectionwhenusedwith
safetybelts.Frontalairbagsarenotdesignedto
inflateinrearandsidecrashesorrollovers.
ЉI’dratherbe
thrownclearЉ
Notagoodidea,peoplewhoareejectedare40
timesmorelikelytoDIE.Safetybeltshelp
preventejection,WECAN’TЉPICKOURCRASHЉ.
DonotsitontopofabuckledsafetybelttoavoidtheBelt
Minderchime.Sittingonthesafetybeltwillincreaseriskof
injuryinanaccident.Todisable(one-time)ordeactivatetheBelt
Minderfeaturepleasefollowthedirectionsstatedbelow.
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| Categories | Ford Escort Manuals, Ford Manuals |
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| Document Type | User and Operator's Vehicle Manual Guide. Free Auto PDF Manual Download |
| Model Year | 2000 |
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| Publisher | ford.com |
| Wikipedia's Page | Ford Escort |
| Copyright | Attribution Non-commercial |
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