1997 Pontiac Trans Sport Owner's Manual - Page 46

Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts -- and the Answers @ Won't I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident if I'm wearing a safety belt? You could be -- whether you're wearinga 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. A: Q: A: or the safety belts! With safety belts, you slow down the vehicle does. as You get more time to stop. stop over more distance, You and your strongest bones take the forces. That's why safety belts make such good sense. If my vehicle has air bags, why should I have to wear safety belts? Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in most of them in the future. But they are supplemental systems only;so they work with safety belts-- not instead of them. Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of safety belts. Even you're in a vehicle that has if air bags, you still have to buckle up to get the most protection. That's true not only frontal collisions, in but especiallyin side and othercollisions. 1-39