Owner's Manual
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
air bag system.
Don’t let anyone ride where he or she can’t wear
a
safety belt properly.
If
you are in a crash and
you’re not wearing
a
safety belt, your injuries
can be much worse. You can hit things inside the
vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously
injured or killed. In the same crash, you might
not be if you are buckled up. Always fasten your
safety belt, and check that your passenger’s belt
is
fastened properly too.
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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
25
years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts
are
clear. In most crashes buckling up does
matter
...
a lot!