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Safety Belts: They're for Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also
tells you some things you should not do with safety belts.
And it explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint, or "air bag" system.
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Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to buckle up. (See
"Safety Belt Reminder Light" in
the
Index.)
In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts.
Here's why: They work.
You never know if you'll be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you don't
know if it will be a bad one.
A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so serious that even
buckled up
a
person wouldn't survive. But most crashes are in between. In
many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away.
Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed.
After more than 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In
most crashes buckling up does matter
...
a lot!
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