Mazda 4WD manual Reasons given Consider, ″Crashes are rare events″, 36,700 crashes occur every day

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Seating and Safety Restraints

If...

Then...

The driver's safety belt is not

The BeltMinderfeature is activated -

buckled before the vehicle has

the safety belt warning light

reached at least 5 km/h (3

illuminates and the warning chime

mph) and 1-2 minutes have

sounds for 6 seconds every 30

elapsed since the ignition

seconds, repeating for approximately

switch has been turned to

5 minutes or until driver's safety belt

ON...

is buckled.

The driver's safety belt is

The BeltMinderfeature will not

buckled while the safety belt

activate.

indicator light is illuminated

 

and the safety belt warning

 

chime is sounding...

 

The driver's safety belt is

The BeltMinderfeature will not

buckled before the ignition

activate.

switch is turned to the ON

 

position...

 

The following are reasons most often given for not wearing safety belts (All statistics based on U.S. data):

Reasons given...

Consider...

Crashes are rare events

36,700 crashes occur every day.

 

The more we drive, the more we are

 

exposed to rareevents, even for

 

good drivers. 1 in 4 of us will be

 

seriously injured in a crash during

 

our lifetime.

I'm not going far

3 of 4 fatal crashes occur within 25

 

miles of home.

Belts are uncomfortable

Safety belts are designed to enhance

 

comfort. If you are uncomfortable -

 

try different positions for the safety

 

belt upper anchorage and seatback

 

which should be as upright as

 

possible; this can improve comfort.

 

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CIMS #598714

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Mazda 4WD manual Reasons given Consider, ″Crashes are rare events″, 36,700 crashes occur every day