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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Form No. 8R21-EA-02G

Holding a Child While the Vehicle is Moving:

Holding a child in your arms while the vehicle is moving is extremely dangerous. No

matter how strong the person may be, he or she cannot hold onto a child in a sudden

stop or collision and it could result in serious injury or death to the child or other

occupants. Even in a moderate accident, the child may be exposed to air bag forces

that could result in serious injury or death to the child, or the child may be slammed

into the adult, injuring the adult. Always secure a child in a proper child-restraint

system.

Rear-Facing Child-Restraint System:

Rear-facing child-restraint systems on the front seat are particularly dangerous.

The child-restraint system can be hit by a deploying air bag and moved violently

backward resulting in serious injury or death to the child. NEVER use a rear-facing

child-restraint system in the front seat with an air bag that could deploy.

Children and Seating Position with Side Air Bag:

Allowing anyone to lean over or against the front door is dangerous. If the vehicle is

equipped with side air bags, the impact of an inflating side air bag could cause serious

injury or death to the person. Children are more likely to sleep in the vehicle; when

they do, they are more at risk in the front passenger’s seat that has a side air bag

because they may slump over into the path of the seatback-mounted air bag.

Furthermore, leaning over or against the doors could block the side air bag and

eliminate the advantages of supplemental protection. With the front air bag and the

additional side air bag that comes out of the front seat, the rear seat is always a better

location for children who are prone to sleeping. If a child can’t be seated in the rear,

do not allow the child to lean over or against the front door, even if the child is seated

in a child-restraint system.

One Belt, One Passenger:

Using one seat belt for more than one person at a time is dangerous. A seat belt used

in this way can’t spread the impact forces properly and the two passengers could be

crushed together and seriously injured or even killed. Never use one belt for more

than one person at a time.

WARNING

Deploying air bag

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