1994 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 12

Safety Belts: They're For Everyone This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It alsotells you some thingsyou should not do with safety belts . And it explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint, or "air bag" system. This figurelights up as a reminder to buckle up. (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" in the Index.) In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here's why: They work. A few crashes aremild, and some crashes :an be so serious that even buckled up a person wouldn't survive. But most :rashes are in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed. After more than 25 years of safeiy belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter4.. a lot! r .:5 " ' i You never know if you'll be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you don't know if it will be a bad one. ,?, I , II ...