General Guidelines For Using Child Seats - Honda ACCORD Owner's Manual

Protecting Children
General Guidelines for Using
Child Seats
The following pages give general
guidelines for selecting and installing
child seats for infants and small
children.
26
Driver and Passenger Safety
Selecting a Child Seat
To provide proper protection, a child
seat should meet three
requirements:
1. The child seat should meet safety
The child seat should
standards.
meet Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard 213 (FMVSS 213)
or Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 213 (CMVSS 213). Look
for the manufacturer's statement
of compliance on the boxes.
2. The child seat should be of the
proper type and size to fit the child.
Children up to about one
Infants:
year old should be restrained in a
rear-facing, reclining child seat. Only
a rear-facing seat provides the
proper support to protect an infant's
head, neck, and back. See page
30 for additional information on
protecting infants.