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Seats and Safety Belts
Safety Belts: They'= 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.
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Don't let anyone ride where they can't wear a safety belt properly.
If
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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
i f you are buckled up. Always fasten your
safety belt, and check that your passengers' belts are fastened
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properly too.
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AM110001
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.
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