GMC 1998 Yukon - Page 33

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
e.' 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 cm~ unbuckle and get out, is II~LLCJ'I greater if
you are belted.
e.' If my vehicle has air bags, why should I have to
wear safety belts?
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 wifh
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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