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2003 Buick Century Owner Manual

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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.

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 – 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 – 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.

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  • 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?
  • 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?

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