BMW serie 7 1999 Manual Do Utilizador

Safety belts

Fasten your safety belt before starting
off.

To fasten: Make sure you hear the catch
engage in the belt buckle.

To release: Press the red button in the
buckle. Hold the belt and guide it back
into its reel.

The shoulder belt anchor automatically
adjusts to continue providing an opti-
mum fit when you move the seat for-
ward or back.

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For your safety, comply with the
following instructions for wearing

safety belts. If you do not, the safety
belts may not be able to provide their
maximum protection. All passengers in
the vehicle should be aware of and
comply with this information:
Never allow more than one person to
wear a single safety belt. Never allow
infants or small children to ride in a pas-
senger's lap.
Avoid twisting the belt while routing it
firmly across the hips and shoulder. Do
not allow the belt to rest against hard or
fragile objects in your pockets. Never
route the belt across your neck, do not
run it across sharp edges. Be sure that
the belt does not become caught or
jammed.
Wear the safety belt as firmly as possi-
ble against your body at all times. For
this reason, avoid wearing bulky cloth-
ing which will prevent proper belt fit.
Pull the safety belt across your shoul-
ders frequently to re-tension it. In the
event of a frontal impact, a loose lap
belt could slide over your hips, leading
to abdominal injury. In addition, the
safety belt's restraint effectiveness is
reduced if the belt is worn loosely.

Expectant mothers should always wear
their safety belts, taking care to position
the lap belt against the lower hips,
where it will not exert pressure against
the abdominal area.

For securing child restraints, refer to the
next page.

For care instructions, refer to page

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If the safety belt system has been
subjected to the stresses involved

in an accident or damaged in any other
way, have the belt system, including the
safety belt tensioner replaced by an au-
thorized BMW center. Have the safety
belt anchorages checked also.

Child restraint systems

Never install a rear-facing child re-
straint device on the front passen-

ger seat. Otherwise, injuries could oc-
cur when the airbag is triggered in the
event of an accident. Children should
always ride in the rear.
Do not attempt to modify child restraint
systems. If you do this, the protection
provided by these systems could be im-
paired.