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Belt
Use
During Pregnancy
Safety belts work for everyone, including pregnant women. Like all
occupants, they are more likely to be seriously injured if they don’t wear
safety belts.
A
pregnant woman should wear a lap-shoulder belt, and the lap portion
should be worn as low as possible throughout
the
pregnancy.
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The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the mother. When a safety belt
is worn properly, it’s more likely that the fetus won’t be hurt
in
a crash. For
pregnant women,
as
for anyone,
the
key
to
making safety belts effective is
wearing them properly.
Right
Front Passenger Position
The right front passenger’s safety belt works the same way as the driver’s
safety belt. See “Driver Position,” earlier in
this
section.
When the shoulder belt is pulled out all the way, it will lock. If
it
does, let it
go back all
the
way and start again.
Rear
Seat
Passengers
It’s very important for rear seat passengers
to
buckle up! Accident statistics
show that unbelted people in the rear seat are hurt more often in crashes
than those who are wearing safety belts.
Rear passengers who aren’t safety belted can be thrown out of the vehicle
in
a crash. And they can strike others
in
the vehicle who are wearing safety
belts.
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