1993 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 29

or thesafety belts! With safety belts, you slow downas the vehicle does. You get moretime to stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. That's why safety belts make such good sense. HERE ARE QUESTIONS "VYPEOPLE ASKABOUT SAFETYBELTS ==AND THE ANSWERS Q: Won'tI be trapped in the vehicle afier an accident wearing a safety ifI'm belt? A: 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 afteran accident, so you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted. - - : Why don't theyjust put in air bags so people won't have to wear safety belts? A: 'Rir bags," or Supplemental Inflatable Restraint systems, are in some vehicles today and will be in more of them in the future.But they are supplemental systems only -- so they work with safety belts, not