or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get more time
to
stop. You stop over more distance,
and your strongest bones take the forces. That’s why
safety belts make such good sense.
Questions and Answers About
Safety Belts
Q:
Won’t
I
be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident if I’m wearing a safety belt?
A:
You could be
-
whether you’re wearing
a
safety
belt or not. But you can 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.
0:
If
my vehicle has air bags, why should
I
have to
wear safety belts?
A:
Air bags are in many vehicles today and will
be in most of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only;
so
they work with
safety belts
-
not instead of them. Every air bag
system ever offered for sale has required the use of
safety belts. Even
if
you’re in a vehicle that has air
bags, you
still
have
to
buckle up
to
get the most
protection. That’s true not only in frontal collisions,
but especially in side and other collisions.
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