Seating and safety restraints
If...
Then...
Thedriver’ssafetybeltisnot
buckledbeforethevehiclehas
TheBeltMinderfeatureis
activated-thesafetybeltwarning
reachedatleast5km/h(3mph)
and1-2minuteshaveelapsed
lightilluminatesandthewarning
chimesoundsfor6secondsevery
sincetheignitionswitchhasbeen 30seconds,repeatingfor
turnedtoON...
approximately5minutesoruntil
safetybeltisbuckled.
Thedriver’ssafetybeltisbuckled TheBeltMinderfeaturewillnot
whilethesafetybeltindicatorlight activate.
isilluminatedandthesafetybelt
warningchimeissounding...
Thedriver’ssafetybeltisbuckled TheBeltMinderfeaturewillnot
beforetheignitionswitchisturned activate.
totheONposition...
ThepurposeoftheBeltMinderistoremindoccasionalwearerstowear
safetybeltsallofthetime.
Thefollowingarereasonsmostoftengivenfornotwearingsafetybelts:
(AllstatisticsbasedonU.S.data)
Reasonsgiven...
Consider...
“Crashesarerare 36700crashesoccureveryday.Themorewe
events”
drive,themoreweareexposedto“rare”events,
evenforgooddrivers.1in4ofuswillbe
seriouslyinjuredinacrashduringour
lifetime.
“I’mnotgoingfar” 3of4fatalcrashesoccurwithin25milesofhome.
“Beltsare
uncomfortable”
Wedesignoursafetybeltstoenhancecomfort.If
youareuncomfortable-trydifferentpositionsfor
thesafetybeltupperanchorageandseatback
whichshouldbeasuprightaspossible;thiscan
improvecomfort.
“Iwasinahurry” Primetimeforanaccident.BeltMinderreminds
ustotakeafewsecondstobuckleup.
“Seatbeltsdon’t
work”
Safetybelts,whenusedproperly,reduceriskof
deathtofrontseatoccupantsby45%incars,
andby60%inlighttrucks.
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