Smart Forfour I 1 owners manual page 144

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Airbags Danger of injury! - The car's occupants should always be - Only grip the steering wheel by its In conjunction with a correctly wearing a seat belt correctly and re-outer rim. These precautions ensure fastened seat belt, airbags afford ad-cline against a backrest that is more that the airbag can inflate unimped- ditional protective potential. Howev-or less upright. The head restraint ed. If you hold the inside of the er, they are no substitute for the seat should support the back of the head at steering wheel, you could be injured belts. approximately eye level. in the event of the airbag being trig- To reduce the risk of serious or fatal - Position the front passenger's seat gered off. injuries in an accident involving rap-as far back as possible, particularly - Do not lean or lie against the doors id deceleration, e.g. with an airbag if children are secured to it by while travelling. inflating, or if the brakes are applied means of a child restraint system*.- Do not place any objects on the air- abruptly, please note the following:- Do not secure rearward-facing child bags or between the airbags and the - All occupants must adopt a seated po-seats to the front passenger's seat if occupants. sition where they are able to fit the the front passenger's front airbag - Do not hang any hard objects such as seat belt correctly and are seated as has not been disabled. In order to fit coat hangers from the grab handles or far as possible from the airbag. The a rear-facing child restraint system coat hooks. driver's seated position must never-on the front passenger's seat, disa-In view of the unavoidably high infla- theless allow the car to be driven ble the front passenger's airbag tion speed of the airbag, the possibil- safely. The driver's arms should be first. Forward-facing child re-ity of injuries when an airbag inflates angled slightly when holding the straint systems may only be fitted to cannot be entirely ruled out. steering wheel. The driver must the front passenger's seat if it is maintain sufficient distance from moved to its rearmost position. the pedals to be able to depress them - Do not lean forward, e.g. over the fully. cushioned pad on the steering wheel, - Choose a seat position that is as far particularly while driving. as possible from the front airbag but - Do not place your feet on the instru- nevertheless allows you to maintain ment panel. control of the car reliably. 6-28 On the move

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