or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get more time to stop.
You
stop over more distance,
and your strongest bones take the forces. That’s why
safety belts make such good sense.
Here Are Questions Many People Ask
About Safety Belts
--
and the Answers
@
Won’t
I
be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident if
I’m
wearing a safety belt?
A:
You
could be
--
whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not.
But
you can easily unbuckle a safety
belt, even
if
you’re upside down. And your chance
of being conscious during and after an accident,
so
you
can
unbuckle and get out, is much greater
if
you
are belted.
Q:
Why don’t they just put in air bags
so
people
won’t have
to
wear safety belts?
A:
Air bags, or Supplemental Restraint Systems, are
in
some vehicles today and will be
in
more of them
in
the future.
But
they are supplemental systems only
--
so
they work
with
safety belts, not instead of
them. Every air bag system ever offered for sale
has
required the use of safety belts. Even
if
you’re
in
a vehicle that has air bags,
you
still have to
buckle up to get the most protection. That’s true not
only
in
frontal collisions, but especially
in
side and
other collisions.
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