Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it is just a seat on wheels.
Put someone on it.
Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle.
The rider does not stop.
The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield...
or the instrument panel...
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 is why safety belts make such good sense.
See also:
Brake Fluid
The brake master cylinder and, on manual transmission vehicles, the clutch hydraulic
system use the same reservoir. See Engine Compartment Overview for the location
of the reservoir. The r ...
Exterior Lighting
The exterior lamp control is located to the left of the steering column on the
instrument panel.
: Briefly turn to this position
to turn the automatic lamp control off or on again.
AUTO: Turn ...
Voltmeter Gage
When your engine is not
running, but the ignition
is in RUN, this gage
shows your battery’s
state of charge in
DC volts.
When the engine is running, the gage shows the
condition of the ch ...