BMW X5 E53 owners manual page 44

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44nCorrect sitting posture Seats The condition for relaxed, fatigue-free Safe with safety belts Observe the following before driving is a seating position adjusted to Never allow more than one person adjusting your needs. Together with the safety to wear a single safety belt. Never Never try to adjust your seat while belts and the airbags, the correct allow infants or small children to ride in operating the vehicle. The seat seating position increases the passive a passenger's lap. Avoid twisting the could respond with unexpected move- safety of the occupants in the case of belt while routing it firmly across the ment, and the ensuing loss of vehicle an accident. Therefore, observe the pelvis and shoulder, wear it as snugly control could lead to an accident. Never following instructions, as otherwise the against your body as possible. Do not ride with the backrest reclined to an protective function of the safety allow the belt to rest against hard or extreme horizontal angle (especially systems may be impaired. fragile objects in your pockets. Never important for front passengers to For additional information on trans- route the belt across your neck, do not remember). Keep the backrest relatively porting children, refer to page 58. run it across sharp edges and ensure upright to minimize the risk of "sliding that the belt does not become caught under" the safety belt and sustaining Sitting correctly with airbags or jammed. Avoid wearing bulky injury in an accident.< Maintain a distance to the airbags. clothing and pull on the lap belt periodi- Always hold the steering wheel by cally to retension it over your shoulders. Seat adjustment the rim to keep any chance of injury to In the event of a frontal impact, a loose > Mechanical seat adjustment, refer to hands or arms to an absolute minimum, lap belt could slide over your hips, page 45 should the airbag be deployed. No one leading to abdominal injury. In addition, >Power seat adjustment, refer to and nothing is to come between the the safety belt's restraint effectiveness page 46 airbags and the seat occupant. Do not is reduced if the belt is worn loosely. >Head restraints, refer to page 47 use the cover of the front airbag on the Expectant mothers should always wear >Power rear backrest adjustment, front passenger side as a storage area their safety belts, taking care to position refer to page 48 for objects, or as a rest for feet or the lap belt against the lower hips, legs.< where it will not exert pressure against the abdominal area.< For the location of the airbags and For instructions on operating the safety additional information, refer to page 55. belts, refer to page 49. Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 0 156 416 - © 10/01 BMW AG

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