Seating and Safety Restraints
Thefollowingarereasonsmostoftengivenfornotwearingsafetybelts
(AllstatisticsbasedonU.S.data):
Reasonsgiven...
Consider...
“Crashesarerare 36700crashesoccureveryday.Themorewe
events”
drive,themoreweareexposedto“rare”events,
evenforgooddrivers.1in4ofuswillbe
seriouslyinjuredinacrashduringour
lifetime.
“I’mnotgoingfar” 3of4fatalcrashesoccurwithin25miles(40km)
ofhome.
“Beltsare
uncomfortable”
Wedesignoursafetybeltstoenhancecomfort.If
youareuncomfortable-trydifferentpositionsfor
thesafetybeltupperanchorageandseatback
whichshouldbeasuprightaspossible;thiscan
improvecomfort.
“Iwasinahurry” Primetimeforanaccident.BeltMinder
remindsustotakeafewsecondstobuckleup.
“Safetybeltsdon’t Safetybelts,whenusedproperly,reduceriskof
work”
deathtofrontseatoccupantsby45%incars,
andby60%inlighttrucks.
“Trafficislight”
Nearly1of2deathsoccurinsingle-vehicle
crashes,manywhennoothervehiclesarearound.
“Beltswrinklemy Possibly,butaseriouscrashcandomuchmore
clothes”
thanwrinkleyourclothes,particularlyifyouare
unbelted.
“ThepeopleI’m
withdon’twear
belts”
Settheexample,teendeathsoccur4timesmore
ofteninvehicleswithTWOorMOREpeople.
Childrenandyoungerbrothers/sistersimitate
behaviortheysee.
“Ihaveanairbag” Airbagsoffergreaterprotectionwhenusedwith
safetybelts.Frontalairbagsarenotdesignedto
inflateinrearandsidecrashesorrollovers.
“I’dratherbe
thrownclear”
Notagoodidea.Peoplewhoareejectedare40
timesmorelikelytoDIE.Safetybeltshelp
preventejection,WECAN’T“PICKOURCRASH”.
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2005
Explorer(exp)
OwnersGuide(post-2002-fmt)
USA(fus)
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Model Year | 2005 |
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