2004 Ford Taurus Owner Guide 3rd Printing - Page 103

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...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 driver's or front passenger's The BeltMinder feature is activated safety belt becomes unbuckled the safety belt warning light for approximately 1 minute while illuminates and the warning chime the vehicle is traveling at least 5 sounds for 6 seconds every 30 km/h (3 mph) and more than 1-2 seconds, repeating for approximately minutes have elapsed since the 5 minutes or until the safety belts ignition switch has been turned are buckled. 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" 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. "I'm not going far" 103 2004 Taurus (tau) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus)