Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 2005 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 69)

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Safety and Security
Occupant safety
Head-thorax air bags
1 Head-thorax air bag
The head-thorax air bags are deployed
ț on the impacted side of the vehicle
ț in impacts exceeding a preset deploy-
ment threshold
ț independently of the front air bags
The passenger-side head-thorax air bag
will only deploy if the system senses that
the passenger seat is occupied.
The head-thorax air bags are not deployed
in impacts which do not exceed the sys-
tem’s deployment threshold.
Seat belts
When the engine is started, the red seat
belt telltale
< comes on to remind you
and your passenger to fasten your seat
belts. If the driver’s seat belt is not fas-
tened before the engine is started, the seat
belt telltale
< comes on and a warning
chime sounds for approximately
six seconds when the engine is started.
The use of seat belts and infant and child
restraint systems is required by law in all
50 states, the District of Columbia, the
U.S. territories and all Canadian provinces.
Even where this is not the case, all vehicle
occupants should have their seat belts fas-
tened whenever the vehicle is in motion.
For more information on fastening seat
belts, see “Fastening the seat belts”
(
୴ page 44).
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For information on infants and children
traveling with you in the vehicle and re-
straint systems for infants and chil-
dren, see “Children in the vehicle”
(
୴ page 73).