Seating and Safety Restraints
If...
The driver's and front
passenger's safety belts are
buckled before the ignition
switch is turned to the ON
position or less than 1-2
minutes have elapsed since the
ignition switch has been turned
ON...
The driver's or front passenger's
safety belt is not buckled when
the vehicle has reached at least
5 km/h (3 mph) and 1-2
minutes have elapsed since the
ignition switch has been turned
to ON...
The driver's or front passenger's
safety belt becomes unbuckled
for approximately 1 minute while
the vehicle is traveling at least
5 km/h (3 mph) and more than
1-2 minutes have elapsed since
the ignition switch has been
turned to ON...
The following are reasons most often given for not wearing safety belts
(All statistics based on U.S. data):
Reasons given...
Crashes are rare events
I'm not going far
100
2006 Mariner (mrn)
Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
USA (fus)
Then...
The BeltMinder feature will not
activate.
The BeltMinder feature is activated -
the safety belt warning light
illuminates and the warning chime
sounds for 6 seconds every 30
seconds, repeating for approximately
5 minutes or until the safety belts are
buckled.
The BeltMinder feature is activated -
the safety belt warning light
illuminates and the warning chime
sounds for 6 seconds every 30
seconds, repeating for approximately
5 minutes or until the safety belts are
buckled.
Consider...
36700 crashes occur every day. The
more we drive, the more we are
exposed to rare events, even for
good drivers. 1 in 4 of us will be
seriously injured in a crash during
our lifetime.
3 of 4 fatal crashes occur within
25 miles of home.