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.
And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System, or
“air bag” system.
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Your vehicle has a light
that comes on
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.
After more than
25
years
of
safety belts
in
vehicles, the facts
are
clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter ... a lot!
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