Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren R199 owners manual page 63

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Safety and Security Occupant safety Air bags Warning! G Adjust the driver’s seat as far as possi- ble rearward, still permitting proper op- Warning! G To reduce the risk of injury when the front eration of vehicle controls. The distance air bags inflate, it is very important for the from the center of the driver’s breast- bone to the center of the air bag cover Air bags are designed to reduce the poten-driver and passenger to always be in a prop-on the steering wheel must be at least tial of injury and fatality in certain frontal erly seated position and to wear their seat 10 inches (25 cm) or more. You should impacts (front air bags, knee air bags) or belts. be able to accomplish this by a combina- side impacts (head-thorax air bags). For maximum protection in the event of a tion of adjustments to the seat and However, no system available today can collision always be in normal seated position steering wheel. If you have any prob- totally eliminate injuries and fatalities.with your back against the backrest. Fasten lems, please see an authorized The deployment of the air bags temporarily your seat belt and make sure that it is prop-Mercedes-Benz Center. releases a small amount of dust from the air erly positioned on your body ( page 45). Do not lean your head or chest close to bags. This dust, however, is neither injurious the steering wheel or dashboard. Since the air bag inflates with considerable Keep hands on the outside of steering to your health, nor does it indicate a fire in speed and force, a proper seating and hands the vehicle. The dust might cause some tem-on steering wheel position will help to keep wheel rim. Placing hands and arms porary breathing difficulty for people with inside the rim can increase the risk and you at a safe distance from the air bag. potential severity of hand/arm injury asthma or other breathing trouble. To avoid Occupants who are unbelted, out of position when driver’s front air bag inflates. this, you may wish to get out of the vehicle or too close to the air bag can be seriously as soon as it is safe to do so. If you have any injured or killed by an air bag as it inflates breathing difficulty but cannot get out of the with great force in the blink of an eye: vehicle after the air bag inflates, then get Sit properly belted in a nearly upright fresh air by opening a window or door.position with your back against the seat backrest. 62

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