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Protecting Children － General Guidelines

All Children Must Be Restrained

Each year, many children are injured

or killed in vehicle crashes because

they are either unrestrained or not

properly restrained. In fact, vehicle

accidents are the number one cause

of the death of children aged 12 and

under.

Children who are unrestrained

or improperly restrained can be

seriously injured or killed in a

crash.

Any child too small for a seat

belt should be properly

To reduce the number of child

deaths and injuries, every state and

Canadian province requires that

infants and children be properly

restrained when they ride in a

vehicle.

restrained in a child seat. A

larger child should be properly

restrained with a seat belt and

use a booster seat if necessary.

Children depend on adults to protect

them. However, despite their best

intentions, many adults do not know

how to properly protect child

passengers.

Larger children must be restrained

with a lap/shoulder belt and ride on

a booster seat until the seat belt fits

Infants and small children must be

restrained in an approved child seat

that is properly secured to the

vehicle (see pages 37 － 46 ).

them properly

(see pages 46 － 49 ).

If you have children, or ever need to

drive with a child in your vehicle, be

sure to read this section. It begins

with important general guidelines,

then presents special information for

infants, small children, and larger

children.

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All Children Should Sit in a Back

Seat

The Passenger’s Front Airbag

Small Children

Can Pose Serious Risks

Placing a forward-facing child seat in

the front seat of a vehicle equipped

with a passenger’s front airbag can

According to accident statistics,

children of all ages and sizes are

safer when they are restrained in a

back seat. The National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration and

Transport Canada recommend that

all children aged 12 and under be

properly restrained in a back seat.

Some states have laws restricting

where children may ride.

Front airbags have been designed to

help protect adults in a moderate to

severe frontal collision. To do this,

the passenger’s front airbag is quite

large, and it can inflate with enough

force to cause very serious injuries.

be hazardous.

If the vehicle seat is

too far forward, or the child’s head is

thrown forward during a collision, an

inflating front airbag can strike the

child with enough force to kill or

very seriously injure a small child.

Even though your vehicle has an

advanced front airbag system that

automatically turns the passenger’s

front airbag off (see page 30 ),

please follow these guidelines:

Larger Children

Children who have outgrown child

seats are also at risk of being injured

or killed by an inflating passenger’s

Children who ride in back are less

likely to be injured by striking

interior vehicle parts during a

collision or hard braking. Also,

children cannot be injured by an

inflating front airbag when they ride

in the back.

Infants

front airbag.

Whenever possible,

Never put a rear-facing child seat in

the front seat of a vehicle equipped

larger children should sit in the back

seat, on a booster seat if needed, and

be properly restrained with a seat

with a passenger’s front airbag.

If

the airbag inflates, it can hit the back

of the child seat with enough force

to kill or very seriously injure an

infant.

belt (see page

for important

46

information about protecting larger

children).

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To remind you of the passenger’s

front airbag hazards, and that

children must be properly restrained

in a back seat, your vehicle has

warning labels on the dashboard

(U.S. models) and on the front visors.

Please read and follow the

U.S. Models

DASHBOARD

SUN VISOR

instructions on these labels.

Canadian Models

SUN VISOR

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If You Must Drive with Several

Children

Your vehicle has a back seat where

children can be properly restrained.

If you ever have to carry a group of

children, and a child must ride in

front:

If a Child Requires Close

Additional Safety Precautions

Never hold an infant or child on

your lap. If you are not wearing a

seat belt in a crash, you could be

thrown forward and crush the

child against the dashboard or a

seat-back. If you are wearing a

seat belt, the child can be torn

from your arms and be seriously

hurt or killed.

Attention

Many parents say they prefer to put

an infant or small child in the front

passenger seat so they can watch the

child, or because the child requires

attention.

Place the largest child in the front

seat, provided the child is large

enough to wear the lap/shoulder

belt properly (see page 46 ).

Placing a child in the front seat

exposes the child to hazards in a

frontal collision, and paying close

attention to a child distracts the

driver from the important tasks of

driving, placing both of you at risk.

Never put a seat belt over yourself

or a child.

During a crash, the belt

Move the vehicle seat as far to the

rear as possible (see page 78 ).

could press deep into the child and

cause serious or fatal injuries.

If a child requires close physical

attention or frequent visual contact,

we strongly recommend that another

adult ride with the child in a back

seat. The back seat is far safer for a

child than the front.

Never let two children use the

Have the child sit upright and well

back in the seat (see page 15 ).

same seat belt.

If they do, they

could be very seriously injured in a

crash.

Make sure the seat belt is properly

positioned and secured (see page

14 ).

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Use the childproof door locks to

prevent children from opening the

Lock all doors, the tailgate and the

hatch when your vehicle is not in

use.

can accidentally get trapped inside.

Teach your children not to play in

or around vehicles.

rear doors.

Children who play in vehicles

This can prevent

children from accidentally falling

out (see page 73 ).

Do not leave children alone in a

vehicle. Leaving children without

adult supervision is illegal in most

states and Canadian provinces,

and can be very hazardous.

Keep vehicle keys/remote

transmitters out of the reach of

children. Even very young

children learn how to unlock

vehicle doors, turn on the ignition

switch, and open the tailgate or

hatch glass, which can lead to

accidental injury or death.

For example, infants and small

children left in a vehicle on a hot

day can die from heatstroke. A

child left alone with the key in the

ignition switch can accidentally set

the vehicle in motion, possibly

injuring themselves or others.

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