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Protecting Children
If You Must Drive with Several
Children
Your vehicle has two rows of back
seats where children can be properly
restrained. If you ever have to carry
a group of children, and a child must
ride in front:
Place the largest child in the front
seat, provided the child is large
enough to wear the lap/shoulder
belt properly (see page
Move the vehicle seat as far to the
rear as possible (see page
Have the child sit upright and well
back in the seat (see page
Make sure the seat belt is properly
positioned and secured (see page
).
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Driver and Passenger Safety
Table of Contents
General Guidelines
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If a Child Requires Close
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.
Placing a child in the front seat
exposes the child to hazards in a
frontal collision, and paying close
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).
attention to a child distracts the
driver from the important tasks of
driving, placing both of you at risk.
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).
If a child requires close physical
attention or frequent visual contact,
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).
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.
Additional Safety Precautions
Never hold an infant or child on
If you are not wearing a
your lap.
seat belt in a crash, you could be
thrown forward and crash 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.
Never put a seat belt over yourself
During a crash, the belt
or a child.
could press deep into the child and
cause serious or fatal injuries.
Use childproof door locks to
prevent children from opening the
This can prevent children
doors.
from accidentally falling out (see
page
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).
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