1995 GMC Jimmy Owner's Manual - Page 18

Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to buckleup. (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" in the Index.) In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here's why: They work. You never know if you'll be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you don't know if it will be a bad one. A few crashes are mild,and some crashes can beso serious that even buckled up a person wouldn't survive. But most crashesare in between. In can many of them, people who buckle up survive and sometimes walkaway. Without belts they could have been badly hurt killed. or After more than25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter ...a lot! Why SafetyBelts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's just a seat on wheels 1-8