Lancia Thesis owners manual page 309

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IF AN ACCIDENT – In pile-ups on the motorway,IF ANYONE IS INJURED particularly when the visibility is Never leave the injured person alone. OCCURS bad, there is a high risk of other The obligation to provide assistance vehicles running into those already exists even for those not directly in- – It is important to keep calm.stopped. Get out of the car immedi- volved in the accident – If you are not directly involved inately and take refuge behind the the accident, stop at least ten metresguard rail.– Do not congregate around the in- jured person away from the accident. – If the doors are blocked, do not attempt to smash the windscreen to – If you are on a motorway do not – Reassure the injured person that get out of the car. It is made of lay- obstruct the emergency lane with help is on its way and will arrive soon. your car. ered glass and is very hard. Side andStay close by to calm him/her down rear window are much more easily in case of panic broken. – Turn off the engine and turn on – Unfasten or cut seat belts holding the hazard lights. – Remove the ignition keys from injured parties the vehicles involved. – At night, illuminate the scene of – Do not give an injured person any- the accident with your headlights.– If you can smell petrol or other thing to drink. chemicals, do not smoke and make – Act carefully, you must not risk – Do not move an injured person un- being run over. sure all cigarettes are extinguished. less the following situations arise – Use a fire extinguisher, blanket, – Mark the accident by putting the – Pull the injured person from the sand or earth to put out fires no red triangle at the regulatory dis- car only if it risks catching fire, it is matter how small they are. Never tance from the car where it can be sinking in water or is likely to fall over clearly seen. use water. a cliff or similar. Do not pull his/her – If it is not necessary to use the cararms or legs, do not bend the head – Call for rescue making the infor- light system, disconnect the negativeand, as far as possible, keep the body mation you give as accurate as you terminal (–) from the battery pole.horizontal. can. On the motorway use the spe- cial column-mounted emergency phones. 308

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