First Edition for Buick LeSabre Owner’s Manual – 1999
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CAUTION: (Continued)
aren’t designed to inflate at all in rollover, rear, side
or low
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speed frontal crashes. And, for unrestrained
occupants, Next Generation air bags may provide
less protection in frontal crashes than more forceful
air bags have provided in the past. Everyone in your
vehicle should wear a safety belt properly
--
whether
or not there’s an air bag for that person.
CAUTION:
Air bags inflate with great force, faster than the blink
of an eye. If you’re too close to an inflating air bag, as
you would be if you were leaning forward, it could
seriously injure you. This is true even with Next
Generation frontal air bags. Safety belts help keep
you in position before and during a crash. Always
wear your safety belt, even with Next Generation air
bags. The driver should sit as far back as possible
while still maintaining control of the vehicle.
CAUTION:
Children who are up against, or very close to, any
air bag when it inflates can be seriously injured or
killed. This is true even though your vehicle has
Next Generation frontal air bags. Air bags plus
lap
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shoulder belts offer the best protection for
adults, but not for young children and infants.
Neither the vehicle’s safety belt system nor its air
bag system is designed for them. Young children
and infants need the protection that a child
restraint system can provide. Always secure
children properly in your vehicle. To read how, see
the part of this manual called “Children” and see
the caution labels on the sunvisors and the right
front passenger’s safety belt.