Pontiac 1993 Sunbird Owner's Manual page 14

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This figure lights up as a reminder to
buckle up. (See
Safety Belt Warning
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 walls: away.
Without belts they could have been
badly hurt or lulled.
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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