Seats
&
Safety
Belts
Safety
Belts:
Z7iey’re
For
Everyone
(Cant.)
*
Don’t let anyone ride where
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they can’t wear a safety belt
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properly. If you are in a crash and
you’re not wearing a safety belt,
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vour iniuries can be
much
worse.
?ou c2 hit things inside the
vehicle or be ejected from it. You
can be seriously injured
or
killed.
In
the same crash, you might not
be if you are buckled up.
Always fasten your safety belt, and
check that your passengers’ belts
are
fastened properly too.
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This figure lights up when you turn the
key to
Run
or
Start
when your safety
belt isn’t buckled, and you’ll hear a
chime, too. It’s the reminder to buckle
UP.
n
many states and Canadian provinces,
le law says to wear safety belts. Here’s
rhy:
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 very mild. In them,
you won’t get hurt even if you’re not
buckled up. And some crashes can be
so
serious, like being hit by a train, 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 be
badly
hurt
or killed.
After
25
years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear.
In
most crashes
buckling up does matter.
.
.
a lot!
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