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This figure lights up when you turn the
key to Run or Start when your safety
belt isn't buckled, and you'll hear a
chime, too. It's the reminder to buckle
up. In many 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 very mild. In them,
you won't get hurt even if you're not
buckled up. And some crashes can be
so serious, like being hit by a train, 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 be
badly hurt or killed.
After 25 years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear. In most crashes
buckling up does matter
.
. . a lot!
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