1997 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual - Page 22

Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts-- and the Answers @ 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 accident, so an you can unbuckle and get out, much greater if is you are belted. If my vehicle has air bags, why shouldhave to I wear safety belts? &: A: or the safety belts! With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more time stop. You stop over more distance, to and your strongest bones take forces. That's why the safety belts make such good sense. Air bags are in m%iyWhicles today ana will be in most of them in the future. But they are supplemental systems only; they work with so safety belts-- not insteadof them. Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of safety belts. Even if you're a vehicle that has air in bags, you still have to buckle up to get most the protection. That's true not only frontal collisions, in but especiallyin side and other collisions. 1-11