Transporting Children Safely; Child Seat - Skoda 2012 Superb Owner's Manual

Transporting children safely

Child seat

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Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Use of child safety seats on the front passenger seat
Child safety and side airbag
Classification of child seats
Use of child safety seats
Child seats with the ISOFIX system
Child seat with the TOP TETHER system
Children are generally safer on the rear seats than on the front passenger seat.
In contrast to adults, the muscles and bone structure of children are not yet fully
developed. Thus children are exposed to increased risk of injury.
To reduce this risk of injury, children who are less than 150 cm tall and who weigh
less than 36 kg should only be transported using special child safety seats!
Child seats that comply with the ECE-R 44 standard must be used. ECE-R stands
for: Economic Commission for Europe - Regulation.
Child seats that comply with the ECE-R 44 standard have a test seal that cannot
be removed: a large E within a circle with the test number below.
WARNING
The national legal requirements must be observed when using child seats.
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Children who are less than 150 cm tall and weigh less than 36 kg must be
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secured in an ergonomically fitted child seat
child seats.
One should never carry children, and also not babies! - on one's lap.
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Only one child may be fastened with a seat belt into a child safety seat.
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Never leave children unattended in the vehicle. Certain outside climatic con-
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ditions can cause life-threatening temperatures in the vehicle.
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WARNING (Continued)
Under no circumstances allow children to be transported without the use of
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a suitable restraint system. In the event of an accident the child will be
thrown through the vehicle and may as a result suffer fatal injuries, and also
injure other occupants.
Children are exposed to an increased risk of injury in the event of an acci-
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dent if they lean forward or adopt an incorrect seated position when the vehi-
cle is moving. This particularly applies to children who are transported on the
front passenger seat as they can suffer severe, or even fatal injuries if the air-
bag system is deployed!
Pay particular attention to the information provided by the manufacturer of
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the child safety seat regarding the correct routing of the belt. Seat belts
which are not correctly adjusted can themselves cause injuries even in minor
accidents.
Safety belts must be checked to ensure that they are running properly. One
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should also ensure that the belt is not damaged by sharp-edged fittings.
It is essential to switch off the front passenger airbag if using a child safety
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seat in which the child is seated with its back facing the direction of travel on
the front passenger seat. For further information, refer to
child safety seats on the front passenger seat.
Note
We recommend that you use child safety seats from ŠKODA Original Accessories.
These child seats were developed and also tested for use in ŠKODA vehicles.
They fulfil the ECE-R 44 standard.
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