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 Inflatable Restraint, or
“air
bag” system.
Your
car 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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