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## Sitting safely 

For the safety of the occupants and to reduce the risk of injury in the event of an accident, the follow- ing instructions must be observed: 

▶ Stand the backrests upright. If the front passenger seat backrest has been folded forward, only the seat behind the driver's seat may be used for trans- porting passengers. 

▶ Engage the rear seat backrests correctly. 

▶ Adjust the height-adjustable headrest so that the top of the headrest is as close as possible to the top of the head. 

▶ On the occupied rear seat, the headrest should not be in the lower position although the upper edge of the headrest should be at the same height as the top of the head. 

▶ Keep your feet in the footwell. 

▶ Use the entire seat. 

▶ Do not lean forward or sit to the side. 

▶ Do not hold your limbs out the window. 

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› Adjust the angle of the backrest so that the steer- ing wheel can be reached at the top with your arms slightly bent. 

› Move the passenger seat back as far as possible. The front passenger must maintain a minimum dis- tance of 25 cm from the dash panel. 

## Correct belt webbing arrangement 

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(it must not run over loose layers of clothing). 

› Adjust the driver's seat in the longitudinal di- rection so that the pedals can be fully pushed through with slightly bent legs. 

› Adjust the steering wheel so that the dis- tance A  between the steering wheel and sternum is at least 25 

The webbing arrange- ment is extremely impor- tant for the seat belts to offer the best possible protection. 

▶ The shoulder strap must run over the mid- dle of the shoulder, must never run over the neck, and must lie firmly against the body 

▶ The lap belt part must be placed in front of the pel- vis and fit tightly. 

▶ In pregnant women, the lap belt part must be as low as possible on the pelvis, so that no pressure is exercised on the abdomen. 

▶ The webbing must not be pinched or twisted and rub against sharp edges. 

▶ The webbing must not pass over solid or fragile objects in clothing, such as a key ring, etc. 

▶ The tongue may only be inserted into the buckle of the associated seat. 

▶ The webbing must be tight. Therefore, do not at- tach clamps or similar items to the webbing for ad- justing the seat belt according to body size. 

## Correct steering wheel position 

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## Securing children properly 

▶ Do not carry a child on your lap, and secure the child and yourself with a seat belt. 

▶ Only transport children in a suitable child seat » page 32. 

Children under 150 cm tall will not be properly pro- tected without a child seat. Children that have been inadequately secured can be thrown through the ve- hicle in the event of an accident or a sudden ma- noeuvre. You can cause life-threatening injuries to yourself and other occupants. 

If children lean forward or assume a wrong sitting position while driving, they are more likely to be in- jured in the event of an accident. This is especially true for children who are carried in the passenger seat - when the airbag system triggers, they can be seriously injured or killed! 

▶ Hold the steering wheel with both hands on the outer edge in the “9 o'clock” and “3 o'clock” position. Otherwise, you may experience serious in- jury to the arms, hands and head when deploy- ing the airbag. 

