1993 Pontiac Trans Sport Owner's Manual - Page 20

use sifefy belts properly. also tells you It This figure lights up when turn the you do ih some things you should not wt key to Run or Start when your safety safety belts. belt isn't buckled, and you'll hear a chime, too. It's the reminder to buckle up. In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety Don't let anyone ride where belts. Here's why: They work. they can't wear a safety belt properly. If you are ina crash and you're not wearinga safety belt, much worse. your injuries can be You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously injured or killed. In the same crash, you might not be if you are buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt, and check that your passengers' beltsare fastened properly too. You never know if you'll be in a crash. If you do havea crash, you dan't know if it will be a bad one. A few crashes are very mild. In them, you won't gethurt even if you'renot buckled up. And some crashes can so be serious, like being hitby a train, that even buckled up a person wouldn't survive. But most crashesare in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they could be badly hurt or k i l l e d . After 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter...a lot! 19