Safety Belts: They’re
for
Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to
use safety belts properly. It also tells you
some things you should not do with safety
belts.
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many states and Canadian provinces,
he law says to wear safety belts. Here’s
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rou
do have a crash, you don’t know if it
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few crashes are mild, and some crashes
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so
serious that even buckled up
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person wouldn’t survive. But most
:rashes are in between.
In
many
of
them,
Ieople who buckle up can survive and
lometimes walk away. Without belts they
:odd have been badly hurt or killed.
4fter more than
25
years of safety belts
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vehicles, the facts are clear.
In
most
:rashes buckling up does matter
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a lot!