1994 Chevrolet Corvette Owner's Manual - Page 19

Seats and Restraint Systems Here Are Questions Many People Ask about Safety Belts -and the Answers Q: Won't I be trapped in the vehicle a after an accident if I'm wearing safety belt? or the safety belts! With safety belts, you slow downas the vehicle does. You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. That's why safety belts make such good sense. safety belts. Evenif you're in a vehicle that hasair bags, you still have to buckle up to get the most protection. That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other collisions. Q: If I'm a good driver, andI never drive far from home, should I why wear safety belts? A: You could be - whether you're A: You may be an excellent driver, but wearing a safety beltor not. But you if you're in an accident - even one can easily unbuckle a safety belt, even that isn't your fault you and your . if you're upside down. And your passenger can be hurt. Being a good chance of being conscious during and driver doesn't protect from things you after an accident, so you can unbuckle beyond your control, such as bad and get out, is much greater if you are drivers. belted. Most accidents occur within25 miles Q: Why don't theyjust put in air bags (40 km) of home. And the greatest so people won't have wear safety number of serious injuries and deaths to 40 occur at speeds of less than mph belts? (65 km/h). A: Air bags, or Supplemental Inflatable Safety belts are everyone. for Restraint systems, are in some vehicles today and willbe in more of them in the future. But they are supplemental systems only - so they work belts, safety not instead of them. Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the useof ...I %