1993 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual - Page 26

Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts -- and the Answers @ Won't I be trapped inthe vehicle after an accident if I'm wearing a safety belt? A: la You could be -- whether you're wearing a safety belt or not. But you can easily unbuckle a safety belt, even if you're upside down. And your chance of being conscious during and after accident, so an you unbuckleandgetout,ismuchgreaterif you are belted. won't have to wear safety belts? @ Why don't they just put in air bags so people or the safety belts! With safety belts, you slow down the vehicle does. as You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. That's why safetv belts make such good sense. A: "Air bags," or Supplemental Inflatable Restraint systems, are in some vehicles today and will be in more of them in thefuture. But theyare supplemental systems only -- so they work with safety belts, not instead them. Every "air bag" of system ever offered for sale has required the use of safety belts. Evenif you're in a vehicle that has. " air bags," you still have to buckle to get the up