Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts - GMC 1994 Yukon Owner's Manual

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
Q:
Won't I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident
if
I'm wearing a
safety belt?
A:
You could be
-
whether you're wearing a safety belt or not. But you
can easily unbuckle a safety belt, even if 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.
Q
Why don't they just put in air bags so people won 't have to wear
A:
Air bags 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 to buckle up to get the most protection.
That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and
other collisions.
safety belts?
1-17