Safety
Belts:
They’re
For
Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also
teils you some things you should not do with safety belts.
And
it explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint, or “air bag” system.
This
figure lights up as a reminder to buckle up. (See “Safety Belt Reminder
Light” in the Index.)
In many 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 killed.
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