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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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Protecting Children － General Guidelines
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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