1994 Buick Roadmaster Owner's Manual - Page 28

Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts-- and the Answers Won't I betrapped in the vehicle after an accident'if I'm wearing a safety belt? &: A: If I'm a good driver, and I never drive far from borne, why should I wear safety belts? You may be an excellent driver, but you're inan if accident -- even one that isn't your fault you and -your passengers 'can be hurt. Being a good driver doesn't protect you from things beyond your control, such as bad drivers. Most accidents occur within miles (40 km) of 25 home. And the greatest number serious injuries of and deaths occur at speeds less than 40 mph of (65 b h ) . Safety belts are everyone. for A: You could be -- whether you're wearing a safety belt or not. But you can easily unbuckle a safety belt, evenif you're upside'down.And your chance of being conscious during after an accident, so an6 you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted. &: A: Why don't they just put in air bags so people won't have to wear safety belts? Air bags, or Supplemental Restraint Systems, in are some vehicles today and will in moreof them in be 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 safety belts. Evenif you're of in a vehicle that has bags, you still have air to buckle up to get the most protection. That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other collisions. F 26