Service manual
or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more time
to
stop.
You stop
over
more distance, and your strongest bones take the
forces. That’s why safety belts make such good sense.
HERE
ARE
QUESTIONS
“VY
PEOPLE
ANSWERS
ASKABOUT
SAFETYBELTS
==AND
THE
Q:
Won’t
I
be trapped in the vehicle afier an accident
ifI’m
wearing a safety
belt?
-
A:
You
-
could be
--
whether you’re wearing a safety belt or not. But you
can easily 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.
-
:
Why
don’t
they
just
put in air bags
so
people won’t have to wear safety
belts?
A:
‘Rir bags,” or Supplemental Inflatable Restraint systems, are in some
vehicles today and will be
in
more
of
them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems
only
--
so
they
work
with safety belts, not
-