Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 2015 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 46)

Proper use of the seat belts
Observe the safety notes on the seat belt
(
Y
page 42).
All vehicle occupants must be wearing the
seat belt correctly before beginning the jour-
ney. Also make sure that all vehicle occu-
pants are always wearing the seat belt cor-
rectly while the vehicle is in motion.
When fastening the seat belt, always make
sure that:
R
the seat belt tongue is only inserted to the
belt buckle belonging to that seat.
R the seat belt is tight across your body.
Avoid wearing bulky clothing, e.g. a winter
coat.
R
the seat belt is not twisted.
Only then can the forces which occur be
distributed over the area of the belt.
R the shoulder section of the belt is always
routed across the center of your shoulder.
The shoulder section of the belt must not
come into contact with your neck or be
routed under your arm.
R the lap belt passes tightly and as low down
as possible across your lap.
The lap belt must always be routed across
your hip joints and not across your abdo-
men. This applies particularly to pregnant
women. If necessary, push the lap belt
down to your hip joint and pull it tight using
the shoulder section of the belt.
R the seat belt is not routed across sharp,
pointed or fragile objects.
If you have such items located on or in your
clothing, e.g. pens, keys or eyeglasses,
store these in a suitable place.
R
only one person is using a seat belt at a
time.
Infants and children must never travel sit-
ting on the lap of a vehicle occupant. In the
event of an accident, they could be crushed
between the vehicle occupant and seat
belt.
R
objects are never secured with a seat belt if
the seat belt is also being used by one of the
vehicle's occupants.
Seat belts are only intended to secure and
restrain vehicle occupants. Always observe
the notes in the "Stowage options/compart-
ments" section for securing objects, luggage
or loads (
Y
page 256).
Fastening seat belts
Please take note of the safety notes on seat
belts (
Y
page 42) and the notes on their cor-
rect use (
Y
page 44).
X Adjust the seat (
Y
page 96).
The seat backrest must be in an almost
upright position.
X
Pull the seat belt smoothly out of belt loop
= and engage belt tongue ; into belt
buckle :.
The driver's and front-passenger's seat
belts are automatically pulled taut as
required, see “Belt adjustment”
(
Y
page 45).
X
If necessary, pull upwards on the shoulder
section of the seat belt to tighten the belt
across your body.
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Occupant safety
Safety