Volkswagen Golf GTI 2016, Owner'S Manual

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also designed to absorb kinetic energy. By absorbing the kinetic
energy over a longer period of time, the forces on the body become
more tolerable and less likely to cause injury.
Although these examples are based on a frontal collision, safety
belts can also substantially reduce the risk of injury in other kinds of
crashes. So, whether you're on a long trip or just going to the corner
store, always buckle up and make sure that others do, too.
Accident statistics show that vehicle occupants properly wearing
safety belts have a lower risk of being injured and a much better
chance of surviving a collision. Properly using safety belts also
greatly increases the ability of the supplemental airbags to do their
job in a collision. For this reason, wearing a safety belt is required
by law in most countries including the United States and Canada.
Although your Volkswagen is equipped with airbags, you still have
to wear the safety belts provided. Front airbags, for example, are
activated only in some frontal collisions. The front airbags are not
activated in all frontal collisions, in side and rear collisions, in
rollovers, or in cases when the conditions for deployment stored in
the electronic control unit are not met. The same goes for the other
airbag systems on your Volkswagen.
So always wear your safety belt and make sure that everybody in