1994 Buick Roadmaster Owner's Manual - Page 23

the After more than25 years of safety belts in vehicles, facts are clear. In most crashes buckling does matter up ...a lot! This figure lights up as a reminderto buckle up. (See "Safety BeltReminder Light'' in the Index.) In many states and Canadian provinces, the law saysto wear safety belts. Here's why: They work. You never knowif you'll bein a crash.If you do have a crash, you don't know if it will be a bad one. A few crashes are mild, some crashes can be so and serious that even buckled a person wouldn't survive. up But most crashesare in between. In many of them, people who buckle upcan survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed.