1993 Cadillac Eldorado Owner's Manual - Page 27

In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to wearsafety belts. Here's why: They work. You never know if you'll be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you don't know if it will be a bad one. A few crashes are very mild. In them, you won't get hurt even if you're so not buckled up. And some crashes can be serious, like being hit by a train, that evenbuckled 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 orkilled. After 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most ...crashes buckling up does matter a lot! I Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. 13