Your vehicle has a light
that comes on as a reminder
to buckle up. (See “Safety
Belt Reminder Light” in
the Index.)
In
most 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!
Why Safety Belts
Work
When you ride in or on anything, you
go
as
fast as
it goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat
on wheels.
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