1998 Pontiac Sunfire Owner's Manual - Page 28

Here AreQuestions Many People Ask About Safety Belts -- and the Answers Q.' Won't I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident if I'm wearing a safety beRt? A: You could 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 an accident, so you e m unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted. &.. If my vehiclie has air bags, why should 1have to wear safety belts? A: or the safety belts! With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more time ta stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the farces. That's why safety belts make such good sense. Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in most of them in the future. But they are supplemental systems'only; so they work with safety belts -- not instead of them. Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of safety belts. Even if you're in a vehicle that has a r bags, you still have to buckle up to get the i most protection. That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other collisions. 1-12 ~