Owner`s manual
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FASTEN
A
BELTS
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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
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.
I
..
..
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat
on wheels.
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