Chevrolet 1998 Lumina Owner's Manual page 20

or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance,
and your strongest bones take the forces. That's why
safety belts make such good sense.
Here Are
Questions Many
People Ask
About Safety Belts
--
and the Answers
@
Won't I be trapped i n the
vehicle after
816
accident
if I'm
wearing
a
safety belt?
A:
Y o u
could be
--
whether
you're wearing
a safety
belt
or
not. Bat
you can unbuckle
a safety belt,
even if you're upside down. And your chance of
being conscious
d a g a d
afkf
an accident,
SO
you can
unbuckle and
get
out,
is much greater
if
you are belted.
e."
If
my vehicle has air
bage, why should I
have to
wear safety belts?
A:
Air
bags are in
m y
vehicles
today
and will
be in
most
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
regraireid the use
of
safety belts. Even
if
you're
in
a
vehicle that has
;air
bags, you
$til1
have to buckle up to get the most
protection. That's true not only in frontal
collisions,
but especially i n side
and
ather collisions.
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