or the safety belts!
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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 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.
@
If
my
vehicle has air
bags,
why should
I
have to
A:
Air
bags are
in
many vehicles today and will be in
most
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
ifyou’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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