Chevrolet Beat DIESEL Owner's Manual page 51

Help Your Air Bags To Protect
You
Besides their life saving benefits, the air
bag system also poses some moderate
risks.
Because an air bag inflates with
considerable force, speed and sudden-
ness, the air bag supplemental restraint
system will be safer and more effective
if the occupants are properly positioned
and wear safety belts in the vehicle.
Warning
Essential Air Bag Safety Rules:
• Never place a rear-facing child
seat in the front seat.
• Children age 12 years and under
should ride in the back seat
whenever possible.
• Always wear your safety belts,
even if your vehicle is not
equipped with an air bag.
• Move your seatback rearward as
far as is comfortable and safe, tilt
the seatback slightly and sit
against the back of the seat.
• Do not place objects on, over or
near the air bag modules. They can
become projectiles during infla-
tion, causing severe injury.
• Do not lean forward or rest any
part of your body on the trim
covering the air bag modules.
• Do not drive with the steering
column tilt adjusted fully upward.
Severe injury and death can result
from failing to observe these air bag
safety rules.
Seats and Restraints
Always secure any rear-facing child
seat in the back seat.
Child restraint systems in which the
child faces the rear of the seat must
never be placed in the front seat. The
deployment of an air bag risks severe
injury or death to a child in a rear-facing
child seat placed in the front seat.
Children should be seated in the back
seat.
According to accident statistics,
children age 12 years and under are
safer when properly restrained in the
back seat than in the front seat, and
should ride in the back seat whenever
possible. Children are safer in the back
seat only because of the risks of injury
by air bags. Studies have shown that
children are also safer in the back seat
than in a front seat without an air bag.
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