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Accident statistics show that children are safer
if they
are restrained in the rear seat. But they need to use
the
safety belts properly.
Children who aren't buckled up can be thrown out in
a crash.
Children who aren't buckled up can strike other
people who
are.
Never do this.
Here two children are wearing the same
belt.
The belt can't properly spread the impact
forces.
In a crash, the two children can be crushed
together and seriously injured. A belt must be
used by only one person at a time.
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What if a child is wearing
a
lap-shoulder belt,
but the child is so small that the shoulder belt
is
very close to the child's face or neck?
A:
Move the child toward the center of the vehicle, but
be sure that the shoulder belt still
is on the child's
shoulder, so that in a crash the child's upper body
would have the restraint that belts provide. If the
child is so small that the shoulder belt is still very
close to the child's face or neck, you might want to
place the child in the center seat position,
the one
that has only a lap belt.
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