Child Safety Important Information - Audi R8 2017 Owner's Manual

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Child safety
Important information
Introduction
The physical principles of what happens when
your veh icle is in a crash apply also to children
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page 175, What happens to occupants not
wearing safety belts?.
But unlike adults and
teenagers, their muscles and bones are not fully
developed. In many respects children are at
greater risk of serious injury in crashes than
adults.
Because children's bodies are not fu lly devel-
oped, they require restraint systems especially
designed for their size, weight, and body struc-
ture. Many countries and all states of the United
States and provinces of Canada have laws requir-
ing the use of approved child restraint systems
for infants and small children .
In a frontal crash at a speed of 20-35 mph
(30-56 km/h) the forces acting on a 13 lbs (6 kg)
infant will be more than 20 times the weight of
the child . This means the weight of the ch ild
would suddenly be more than 260 lbs (120 kg).
Under these conditions, only an appropriate child
restraint properly used can reduce the risk of se-
rious injury. Child restraints, like adu lt safety
be lts, must be used properly to be effective.
Used improperly, they can increas e the risk of se-
rious injury in an accident.
If you must install a child restraint on the front
passenger seat in exceptional circumstances, be
sure to read and heed the important information
and warnings ¢
page 182.
Infants and other chil-
dren who are properly restrained in an appropri-
ate child restraint that is for their size and age
can benefit from the protection that supplemen-
tal s ide a irbags prov ide in some kinds of crashes .
For more information please see information
provided by the:
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), currently at: http:/ /www .safe -
rca r.gov (for the USA)
- Transport Canada In formation Centre, current-
ly at: http://www.tc.gc.ca (for Canada)
Child safety
Consult the chi ld safety seat manufacturer's in-
structions in order to be sure the seat is right for
your child' s size ¢
page 208, Important safety
instructions for using child safety seats.
Please
be sure to read and heed all of the important in-
formation and WARNINGS about child safety,
Advanced Airbags, and the installation of child
restraints in this chapter .
There is a lot you need to know about the Ad-
vanced Airbags in your vehicle and how they work
when infants and ch ildren in child restraints are
on the front passenger seat. Because of the large
amount of important informat ion, we cannot re-
peat it all here. We urge you to read the detailed
information in this owner 's manual about airbags
and the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle
and the very important information about trans-
porting children on the front passenger seat.
Please be sure to heed the WARNINGS - they are
extremely impo rta nt for your safety and the safe-
ty of your passengers, especially infants and
small chi ldren .
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WARNING
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All vehicle occupants and especially chi ldre n
must be restrained properly whenever riding
in a vehicle. An un restra ined or imp roperly re-
strained child could be injured by striking the
interior or by being ejected from the vehicle
during a sudden maneuver or impact . An un-
restrained or improperly restrained child is al-
so at greater risk of injury or death through
contact w ith an inflating a irbag.
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WARNING
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Children on the front seat of any car even with
Advanced Airbags can be ser iously injured or
even killed when an a irbag inflates. A child in
a rearward-fac ing ch ild safety seat installed
on the front passenger seat will be seriously
injured and can be killed if the front airbag in-
flates.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, or
door .
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