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.
I
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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