Child Safety; Important Information - Audi A8 2018 Owner's Manual

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Child safety
Important information
Introduction
The rear seat is generally the safest place in a
collision.
The physical principles of what happens when
your vehicle is in a crash apply also to children
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page 220, 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 a re at
greater risk of se rious injury in crashes than
ad ults .
Because ch ildren's bodies are not fully devel-
oped, they requ ire restra int systems especially
des igned for their size, we ight, and body struc -
ture. Many coun t ries and a ll states of the United
States and provinces of Canada have laws requi r-
ing the use of approved child restraint systems
for infants and small children .
In a frontal crash at a speed of 20-3 5 mph
(30 -56 km/h) the forces acting on a 13-pound
(6 kg) infant will be more than 20 times the
weight of the child. This means the weight of the
child would sudden ly be more than 260 pounds
(120 kg) . Under these condit ions, only an appro-
priate ch ild restraint properly used can reduce
the risk of serious injury . Child restra ints, like
adu lt safety belts, must be used properly to be
effect ive. Used imp roperly, they can increase the
risk of ser ious injury in an acc ident .
All ch ildren, especially those 12 years and young-
er must a lways ride in the back seat properly re-
stra ined fo r their age and size. If you must insta ll
a child restra int on t he front passenger seat in
exceptional circumstances, be sure to read and
heed the important information and warnings
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page 228. Infants and other chi ldren who are
properly restrained in an appropriate child re -
stra int that is for their size and age can benefit
from the protection that supplemental s ide air-
bags provide in some kinds of crashes.
For more information please see information
provided by the:
Ch ild s af e t y
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), currently at: http ://
www .safercar .gov (for the USA)
- Transport Canada Information Centre, current-
ly at: http://www .tc .gc .ca (for Canada)
Cons ult the ch ild safety seat manuf act ure r's in-
structions in order to be sure t he seat is right for
yo ur child's size c> page 252, Important safety
instructions for using child safety seats . Please
be sure to read and heed all of the important in-
format ion and WARNINGS about ch ild safety,
Advanced Airbags, and the installation of child
restra ints in this chapter .
There is a lot you need to know about the Ad-
vanced Airbags in your veh icle and how they work
whe n infants and children in child restraints are
on the fro nt passenger seat . Because of the large
amount of important informat ion, we cannot re-
peat it all he re . We urge you to read the detailed
informat ion in this owner 's ma nu al about airbags
and the Advanced Airbag Syst em in yo ur veh icle
and the very important information about trans -
porting children on the front passenger seat.
Please be sure to heed the WARNINGS - they are
extremely important for your safety and the safe-
ty of your passengers, especially infants and
small ch ildren .
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WARNING
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- Accide nt statistics have shown that children
are generally safer in the rear seat area than
in the front seat ing pos it ion. Always restrain
a ny child age 12 and unde r in t he rear.
- All vehicle occupants and especially children
m ust be restra ined prope rly whe never rid ing
in a vehicle. An unr es t ra ined o r improperly
rest rained chi ld cou ld be inju red by st riking
the interio r or by being ejected from the ve -
hicle during a sudden maneuver or impact.
An unrestrained or improperly restrained
child is a lso at greater risk of injury or death
through contact w it h an inflating a irbag.
- A suitable ch ild restraint properly installed
and used at one of the rear seating positions
prov ides the highest degree of protect ion
for infants and small children in most acc i-
dent situat ions .
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