Child Restraint Systems - Pontiac 2010 Vibe Owner's Manual

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CAUTION
To reduce the risk of neck and
head injury during a crash, infants
need complete support. This is
because an infant's neck is not
fully developed and its head
weighs so much compared with
the rest of its body. In a crash,
an infant in a rear-facing child
restraint settles into the restraint,
so the crash forces can be
distributed across the strongest
part of an infant's body, the back
and shoulders. Infants should
always be secured in rear-facing
child restraints.
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CAUTION
A young child's hip bones are still
so small that the vehicle's regular
safety belt may not remain low
on the hip bones, as it should.
Instead, it may settle up around the
child's abdomen. In a crash, the
belt would apply force on a body
area that is unprotected by any
bony structure. This alone could
cause serious or fatal injuries.
To reduce the risk of serious or
fatal injuries during a crash, young
children should always be secured
in appropriate child restraints.
Seats and Restraints

Child Restraint Systems

(A) Rear-Facing Infant Seat
A rear-facing infant seat (A) provides
restraint with the seating surface
against the back of the infant.
The harness system holds the infant
in place and, in a crash, acts to keep
the infant positioned in the restraint.
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