or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
YOU
get more rime
io
siup.
‘iou
siup
Uvec
KXZ.
disianzz,
and your strongest bones take the forces. That’s why
safety belts make such
good
sense.
Questions and Answers About
Safety
Belts
Q:
Won’t
I
be trapped in the vehicle after
an
accident if I’m wearing a safety belt?
A:
You
could
be
-
whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt,
even if you’re upside down. And your chance
of being conscious during and after an accident,
so
you
can
unbuckle and get out, is
much
greater
if
you are belted.
Q:
If
my vehicle has air bags, why should
I
have to
A:
Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in
most of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only;
SO
they work
with
safety belts
-
not Instead
ot
tnem. Every
air
bay
system ever offered for sale has required the use of
safety belts. Even
if
you’re in a vehicle that has
air bags, you still have to buckle up to get the most
protection. That’s true not only in frontal collisions,
ht
especially
ir,
side
2nd
ether
collisions.
wear safety belts?
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