1993 Pontiac Grand Prix Owner's Manual - Page 16

This figure lights when youturn the up key to Run or Start when your safety belt isn't buckled, you'll hear a and chime, too. It's the reminder to buckle up. In many states and Canadian provinces, the law saysto wear safety belts. Here's why: They work. You never know if you'll bein a crash. If you do have a crash, you don't know if it will be a bad one. A few crashes are very mild. In them, you won't get hurt even if you're not buckled up. And some crashes can be so serious, like beinghit by a train, that even buckledup a person wouldn't survive. Butmost crashes are in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Withoutbelts they could be badly hurt or killed. After 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter ...a lot!