Infants And Young Children - Cadillac XT4 Owner's Manual

66 SEATS AND RESTRAINTS
According to accident statistics,
children are safer when properly
restrained in a rear seating position.
In a crash, children who are not
buckled up can strike other people
who are buckled up, or can be thrown
out of the vehicle. Older children need
to use seat belts properly.
Warning
Never allow more than one child to
wear the same seat belt. The seat
belt cannot properly spread the
impact forces. In a crash, they can
be crushed together and seriously
injured. A seat belt must be used by
only one person at a time.
Warning
Never allow a child to wear the
shoulder belt of the seat belt under
both arms or behind their back.
A child can be seriously injured by
not wearing the lap-shoulder belt
properly. In a crash, the child would
not be restrained by the shoulder
belt. The child could move too far
forward increasing the chance of
head and neck injury. The child
might also slide under the lap belt.
The belt force would then be
applied right on the abdomen. That
Warning (Continued)
could cause serious or fatal injuries.
The shoulder belt should go over
the shoulder and across the chest.

Infants and Young Children

Everyone in a vehicle needs
protection! This includes infants and
all other children. Neither the distance
travelled nor the age and size of the
traveller changes the need, for
everyone, to use safety restraints.