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Seats & Safety. Belts
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or the safety b e k !
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?
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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
safety belts?
A: "Air bags,'' or Supplemental 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 to
buckle up to get the most protection.
That's
true not only in frontal collisions,
but especially in side and other collisions.
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