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or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as
the vehicle does. You get more time
forces. That's why safety belts make such good sense.
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to stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the
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HERE ARE QUESTIONS lMANyPEOPLE
ASKABOUT SAFETYBELTS --AND THE
ANSWERS
Q
t
Won't I be trapped in the vehicle afleer an accident
i f
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
t W h y
don't they just put in air bags so people won't have to wear safety
At
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
belts?
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