Child Restraint- -Child Restraint Precautions - Toyota 1997 Celica Owner's Manual

Child restraint—
—Child restraint precautions
Toyota strongly urges the use of child
restraint systems for children
enough to use it.
The laws of all fifty states in the U.S.A.
and Canada now require the use of a
child restraint system.
Your vehicle conforms to SAEJ1819.
If a child is too large for a child restraint
system, the child should sit in the rear
seat and must be restrained using the
vehicle's seat belt. See "Seat belts" for
details.
CAUTION
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For effective protection in automo-
bile accidents and sudden stops,
children must be properly
strained using a seat belt or child
restraint system depending on the
age and size of the child. Holding
a child in your arms is not a sub-
stitute for a child restraint system.
In an accident, the child can be
crushed against the windshield, or
between you and the vehicle's inte-
rior.
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Toyota strongly urges use of
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proper child restraint system that
conforms to the size of the child on
the rear seat. According to accident
statistics, the child is safer when
properly restrained in the rear seat
than in the front seat.
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Vehicles with a passenger airbag:
Never put a rear−facing child re-
straint system on the front seat. In
the event of an accident, the force
of the rapid inflation of the airbag
can cause death or serious injury if
a rear−facing child restraint system
is put on the front seat.
Unless it is unavoidable, do not put
a child restraint system on the
re-
front seat.
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a A forward−facing child restraint sys-
tem should be allowed to put on
the front seat only when it is un-
avoidable. Always move the seat as
far back as possible, because the
force of a deploying airbag could
cause death or serious injury to the
child.
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Make sure that you have complied
with all installation instructions pro-
vided by the child
manufacturer and that the system is
properly secured.
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