Cadillac 1997 Eldorado - Page 28

Your vehicle has a light that
comes
on as a reminder to
buckle up. (See “Safety
Belt Reminder Eight”
in
the Index.)
In most states and Canadian provinces, the law says to
wear safety belts. Here’s why:
They work.
You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a
crash,
you don’t know if it will be a bad one.
A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so
serious that even buckled up a person wouldn’t survive.
But
most crashes are in between. In many of them,
people who buckle up
can survive and sometimes walk
away. Without belts they could have been badly
hurt
or krlled.
After
more than 25 years of safety belts in vehicles.
the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does
matter ... a lot!
When you ride
in or on anythmg, you go as fast as it goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat on wheels