1993 Oldsmobile Bravada Owner's Manual - Page 17

i; ; ;_ '* n-n't let anyone ride where ,,cy can'twear a safetybelt properly. If you are in a crash and you're not wearing a safety belt, your injuries can bemuch worse. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously injuredor killed. In the same crash, you might not be if you are buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt, and check that your passengers' beltsare fwtened properly too. This figure lights^ up when you turn the key to Run or Start when your safety belt isn't buckled, and you'll hear a chime, too. It's the reminder to buckle up. In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here's why: They work. I 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 very mild. In them, you won't get hurt even if you're not buckled up. And some crashes can beso serious, like being hit by a train, that even buckled up a person wouldn't survive. But most crashes are in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they couldbe badly hurt or killed. After 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter...a lot!