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Here Are
Questions
Many
People
Ask About Safety
8elts-
and the Answers
Q;
Won't I be trapped in the vehicle
after an accident if I'm wearing a
safety belt?
wearing a safety belt or not. But you
can easily unbuckle a -safety belt,
even i f 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.
.A
You cou1d.be-whether you're
Q:
Why
don't they
just
put in air bags
so
people won't have to wear safety
belts.?
Inflatable Restraint systems, are in
some vehicles today and will be in
more of them in the future. But they
are supplemental systems only-so
they work with safety belts, not
instead of .them.
Every
"air bag"
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 t.o buckle up to
get the--most protection. That's true
not oniy in frontal collisions, but
especially in side and other
collisions.
A
"Air bags," -or Suppkmehtal
Q:
If I'm
a
good driver, and I never
wL
drive far from home, why should I
wear
safety
belts?
A-Yau
may be an excellent driver, but i
you're in an accident-even one that
isdt your fault-you and your
passenger can be hurt. Being a good
driver doesn't protect you from
things- beyond your control, such
as.
bad drivers.
Most-accidents occur within 25
miles
(40
l a > of home. And the
greatest number of sixious. injuries
and deaths occur at speeds of less
than 40 mph (65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone;
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