This figure lights up when you turn the
key to
Run
or
Start
when your safety
belt isn’t buckled, and you’ll hear a
chime, too. It’s the reminder to buckle
up. In many states and Canadian
provinces, the law says to wear safety
belts. Here’s why:
They
work.
You never lmow if you’ll be in a crash.
If you do have a crash, you don’t how
if
it will be a bad one.
A
few crashes are very mild. In them,
you won’t get hurt even if you’re not
buckled up. And some crashes can be
so
serious, like being hit by a train, that
even buckled up a person wouldn’t
survive. But most crashes are in
between. In many
of
them, people who
buclde up can survive and sometimes
walk
away. Without belts they could be
badly hurt
or
killed.
After
25
years of safety belts
in
vehicles,
the facts are clear. In most crashes
buckling up does matter
.
.
.
a
lot!
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