1993 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 17

Seats & Safety Belts Why Safety Belts Work This figure lights up when you turn the key to Run or Start when your safety belt isn't buckled, and you'll heara 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 in a crash. If When you ride in or on anything, you go you do have a crash, you don't know if it as fast as it goes. will be a bad one. For example, if the bike is going 10 mph 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 does matter ...a lot! ..I 16