Owner's Manual Cadillac BLS - IFS Europe BV

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16 Safety
Seat belts
WARNING
• Buckle up and adjust your seat belt
before driving off so that you can pay
full attention to the traffic.
• Seat belts must be worn at all times
by all car occupants. Child safety, see
page 27.
• Check that the belt tongue engages
securely in the belt lock.
• In the event of a collision, rear seat
passengers not wearing seat belts will
be thrown forward against the front
seat backrests. This will multiply the
stresses imposed on the front seat
passengers and belts and can result in
needless injury or even death to all car
occupants.
Three-point inertia reel seat belts are provided
for all seats.
Research has established that it is equally
as dangerous for rear seat passengers not
to wear their seat belts as for front seat passengers.
Bear in mind that in certain countries it is a
legal requirement for all occupants of the
car to wear a seat belt.
Seat belt reminder
When the ignition is switched on, the seat
belt reminder in the main instrument panel
illuminates and the message Use your
seatbelt. appears in DIC if the driver has not
buckled his/her seat belt.
The seat belt reminder for the passenger
appears in the centre portion of the instrument
panel.
The seat belt reminder for the driver and any
front passenger will re initiate when vehicle
speed exceeds 25 km/h.
If you still do not buckle up, a "ding-dong"
reminder will sound after a further
30 seconds.
Some seat belt reminders may differ from
that which is described above depending on
market requirements, etc.
Driver seat belt reminder