1996 Oldsmobile Aurora Owner's Manual - Page 14

Safety Belts: 7rey're ror LVC This part of the manual tells you how use safety belts to properly. It also tells you some things you should notdo with safety belts. And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS), or air bag system. Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to buckle up. (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" in the Index.) Don't let anyone ride where or she can't wear he I a safety belt properly.f you are in a crash and you're not wearing a safety belt, your injuries can be much worse. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected fromit. You can be seriously 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. In most states and Canadian provinces, law says to the wear safety belts. Here'swhy: They work. 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 some crashes can be so serious that even buckledup a person wouldn't survive. But most crashes are in between. In manyof them, people who buckle upcan survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed. After more than25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the does facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up matter ...a lot!