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Protecting Children
Additional Safety Precautions
Never hold an infant or child on
If you are not wearing a
your lap.
seat belt in crash, you could be
thrown forward and crush the
child against the dashboard or a
seat-back. If you are wearing a
seat belt, the child can be torn
from your arms and be seriously
hurt or killed.
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General Guidelines
Make sure any unused seat belt
that a child can reach is buckled,
the lockable retractor is activated,
and the belt is fully retracted and
If a child wraps a loose
locked.
seat belt around their neck, they
can be seriously or fatally injured.
(See pages
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activate and deactivate the
lockable retractor.)
Never put a seat belt over yourself
and a child.
belt could press deep into the child
and cause serious or fatal injuries.
Never let two children use the
same seat belt.
and
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for how to
could be very seriously injured in a
crash.
During a crash, the
If they do, they