1996 Chevrolet Cavalier Owner's Manual - Page 16

Safety Belts: They're for Everyone ' : 1 This part ,of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things you should not do with safety belts. Your vehicle hasa light that comes on as a reminder to buckle up. (See "Safety Belt ReminderLight" in the Index.) And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS), or air bag system. 1 Don't let anyone ride where or shecan't wear he a safety belt properly. you are in a crash and If you're not wearinga safety belt,your injuries can be much worse. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected from You can be seriously it. injured orkilled. In the same crash, might you not be if you are buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt, and check that your passengers' belts are fastened properly too. I In most states and Canadian provinces, law says to the wear safety belts. Here's why: work. They You never know if you'll be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you don't know it will be a bad one. if A few crashes are mild, and somecrashes can beso serious that even buckled up person wouldn't survive. a But mostcrashes are in between.In many of them, people who buckle can survive and sometimes walk up away. Withoutbelts they could have been badly hurt or killed. After morethan 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter ...a lot!