Fiat 500x User Manual page 18

GETTING STARTED
3. Children that are not big enough to wear the vehicle seat belt properly (refer to
"Child Restraints" in this section for further information) should be secured in a ve-
hicle with a rear seat in child restraints or belt-positioning booster seats. Older chil-
dren who do not use child restraints or belt-positioning booster seats should ride
properly buckled up in a vehicle with a rear seat.
4. Never allow children to slide the shoulder belt behind them or under their arm.
5. You should read the instructions provided with your child restraint to make sure that
you are using it properly.
6. All occupants should always wear their lap and shoulder belts properly.
7. The driver and front passenger seats should be moved back as far as practical to al-
low the front air bags room to inflate.
8. Do not lean against the door or window. If your vehicle has side air bags, and deploy-
ment occurs, the side air bags will inflate forcefully into the space between occupants
and the door and occupants could be injured.
9. If the air bag system in this vehicle needs to be modified to accommodate a disabled
person, refer to the "Consumer Assistance" section for customer service contact
information.
• Never place a rear-facing child restraint in front of an air bag. A deploying passen-
ger front air bag can cause death or serious injury to a child 12 years or younger,
including a child in a rear-facing child restraint.
• Only use a rear-facing child restraint in a vehicle with a rear seat.
Seat Belt Systems
Buckle up even though you are an excellent driver, even on short trips. Someone on the
road may be a poor driver and could cause a collision that includes you. This can happen
far away from home or on your own street.
Research has shown that seat belts save lives, and they can reduce the seriousness of inju-
ries in a collision. Some of the worst injuries happen when people are thrown from the
vehicle. Seat belts reduce the possibility of ejection and the risk of injury caused by strik-
ing the inside of the vehicle. Everyone in a motor vehicle should be belted at all times.
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