1996 Buick Skylark Owner's Manual - Page 34

Your Buick has two bags -- one air bag for the driver air and anotherair bag for the right front passenger. Here arethe most important things to know aboutair the bag system: c- To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the buckle. The belt shouldgo back out of the way. Before you close door, be sure the belt out of the the is the way. If you slam the door on it, you can damage both belt and your vehicle. Supplemental Restraint System @RS) This part explains Supplemental Restraint System the (SRS) or air bag system. You can be sevqely injured or killed in a crash if *;< you aren',t wearing your safety belteven if you have an air 'bag. Wearing your safety belt during a crash helps reduce your chance hitting things of inside the vehicle or being ejected fromit. The air bag isonly a "supplemental restraint." That is, it workswith safety belts but doesn't replace them. Air bags are designed to workonly in moderate to severe crashes where the front of your vehicle hits something. They aren't designed to inflateat all in rollover, rear, sideor low-speed frontal crashes. Everyone in your vehicle, including the driver, should wearsafety belt a properly whether or not there's an airbag for thatperson. 'I -- -- 1-21