Recommended For Child Passengers - Honda 2006 S2000 Owner's Manual

Your Vehicle is Not
Recommended for Child
Passengers
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration and Transport
Canada recommend that all children
age 12 and under be properly
restrained in a back seat.
Since this vehicle does not have a
back seat, we strongly recommend
that you do not carry any child who
is not large enough or mature
enough to ride in front (see
The Passenger's Airbag Pose
Serious Risks
Airbags have been designed to help
protect adults in a moderate to
severe frontal collision. To do this,
the passenger's airbag is quite large
and it can inflate with enough force
to cause very serious injuries.
Even though your vehicle has an
advanced airbag system, which can
automatically turn the passenger's
airbag off (see
page 38 ). follow the guidelines below.
Infants
Never put a rear-facing child seat in
this vehicle.
can hit the back of the child seat
with enough force to kill or very
seriously injure an infant.
Protecting Children
page 24 ), please
If the airbag inflates, it
General Guidelines
−
Small Children
Placing a forward-facing child seat in
the passenger's seat can be
If the vehicle seat is too
hazardous.
far forward, or the child's head is
thrown forward during a collision, an
inflating passenger's airbag can
strike the child with enough force to
kill or very seriously injure a small
child.
Larger Children
Children who have outgrown child
seats are also at risk of being injured
or killed by an inflating passenger's
If a larger child must ride in
airbag.
this vehicle, see page 38
important guidelines on how to
decide when a child is ready to ride
in and how to properly protect the
child.
for
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