Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts -- and the Answers; Here Are Questions Many People Ask; About Safety Belts - Page 16

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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 Many People Ask
About Safety Belts 

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 and the Answers

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
safety belts 

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 not instead of them. Every air bag

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,
but especially in side and other collisions.