1996 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manual - Page 18

Lbout Safety I :lts -- 1 td the A Q: Won't I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident if I'm wearing safety belt? a A: You could be -- whether you're wearing a safety belt or not. But youcan 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 has bags, why shouldI have to air wear safety belts? A: or the safety belts! With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more time to stop.You stop over more distance, and your strongest bonestake the forces. That's why safetv belts make such good sense. Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in most of them in the future. they are But supplemental systems only; so they work with safety belts -- not instead of them.Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the of use safety belts. Evenif you're in a vehicle that has air bags, you still have to buckle up get the most to protection. That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially inside and other collisions.