Your vehicle has a light
that comes on as a
reminder to buckle up. See
Safety Belt Reminder
Light
on
page
3-33.
In most states and
in
all 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
30
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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