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or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
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and your strongest bones take the forces. That’s why
safety belts make such good sense.
Questions and Answers About
Safety Belts
Q:
Won’t
I
be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident if I’m wearing a safety belt?
A:
You
could
be
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whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not. But you can 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.
Q:
If
my
vehicle has air bags, why should
I
have to
wear safety belts?
A:
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
system ever offered for sale has required the use of
safety belts. Even if you’re in a vehicle that has
air bags,
you
still have to buckle up to get the most
protection. That’s true not only in frontal collisions,
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