1993 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 15

Seats & Safety Eelts P Safety Belts: Zley 're For Everyone (Cont.) Don't let anyone ride where they can't wear a safety belt properly. If you are in a crash and you're not wearing a safetybelt, your injuries can be much worse. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously injured or killed. In the same crash, you might not be if you are buckled up. Always %ten your safety belt, and check at your passengers' belts are -_stenedproperly too. L A This figure lights up when turn the you 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. You never know if you'll be ina 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 be so 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 could be badly hurt or killed. After 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up doesmatter...a lot! 1 4