1997 GMC Jimmy Owner's Manual - Page 23

Here Are Questions Many People As About SafetyBelts -- and the Answers &: A: Won't I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident if I'm wearing a safety belt? You could be -- whether you're wearinga safety belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you're upside down. And your chance of being conscious during and after an accident, so you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted. @' If my vehicle hasair bags,why should I have to wear safety belts? A: or the safety belts! With safety belts,you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more time to stop. stop over more distance, You and your strongest bones take the forces. That's why safety belts make such good sense. Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in most of them in thefuture. But they are supplemental systems only; they work with so safety belts-- not insteadof them. Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the of use safety belts. Even you're ina vehicle that has if air bags, you still haveto buckle upto get the most protection. That's true not onlyfrontal collisions in but especially in side and other collisions. 1-12