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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