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Travelling safely with children in the vehicle
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Suitable seats in the vehicle for fitting a child restraint system
Securing systems for child restraint systems
Vehicle seat
Left/right rear seat
Front-passenger seat
Permitted categories for child
restraint systems
Use only approved child restraint sys-
tems
Only child restraint systems that meet the
following UNECE standards are permitted
for use in the vehicle:
UN-R44
R
UN-R129 (i‑Size child restraint systems)
R
Identification on the child restraint
system
Information about the approval category,
weight category and approval number, for
example, is on the approval label on the
child restraint system.
Depending on the approval category of the
child restraint system, there may be fur-
ther information, e.g. the ISOFIX size cate-
gory.
Preferred securing system:
ISOFIX child seat secur-
ing system (
or
i‑Size child seat secur-
ing system (
Also secure Top Tether
if available
Y
(
page 53)
Securing system:
Y
Vehicle seat belt (
R
Approval categories in accordance with
UN-R44
Example of an approval label
Universal: child restraint systems in the
R
"Universal" category are approved for
installation in vehicles. They can be
used, in accordance with overviews of the
suitability of seats for securing child
restraint systems, on seats labelled U, UF
or IUF.
The designation IUF refers to ISOFIX child
restraint systems in the "Universal" cat-
Alternative securing sys-
tem:
Y
page 49)
Vehicle seat belt
R
Y
(
page 55)
Y
page 51)
Be sure to observe:
page 55)
If the front-passenger
R
seat is occupied, make
sure that the status of
the front-passenger
front airbag is correct
depending on the sit-
uation both before and
during the journey
Y
(
page 43).
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