Chevrolet Silverado 2007 Owner's Manual page 23

Your vehicle has indicators to remind you and
your passengers to buckle your safety belts.
See Safety Belt Reminder Light on page 255
and Passenger Safety Belt Reminder Light
(1500 Series) on page 255.
In most states and in all Canadian provinces,
the law says to wear safety belts. Here is why:
They work.
You never know if you will be in a crash.
If you do have a crash, you do not 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 would
not 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 40 years of safety belts in
vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes
buckling up does matter... a lot!
Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast
as it goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it is just a
seat on wheels.
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