1998 Cadillac Seville Owner's Manual - Page 22

Here Are QuestionsMany 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 couEd 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 should have to I wear safety belts? A: or the safety belts! With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more time tostop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. That's why safety belts make such good sense. Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in most of them inthe future. But they are supplemental systems only; so they work with safety belts-- not insteadof them. Every air bag system ever offered sale has required the use for of safety belts. Even you're in a vehicle that has air if bags, you still have to buckle up get the most to protection. That's true not only in frontal collision but especially in side and other collisions. 1-11