Protecting Children General Guidelines - Honda 2004 Civic Si Owner's Manual

Protecting Children
Infants and small children must be
restrained in an approved child seat
that is properly secured to the
(see pages 34 35
vehicle −
Larger children must be restrained
with a lap/shoulder belt and ride on
a booster until the seat belt fits them
(see pages
properly 44 −
All Children Should Sit in the
Back Seat
According to accident statistics,
children of all ages and sizes are
safer when they are restrained in the
back seat. The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration and
Transport Canada recommend that
all children age 12 and under be
properly restrained in the back seat.
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Driver and Passenger Safety
General Guidelines
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Children who ride in back are less
likely to be injured by striking
interior vehicle parts during a
). collision or hard braking. Also,
children cannot be injured by an
inflating airbag when they ride in the
back.
).
46 The Passenger's Front Airbag
Can Pose Serious Risks
Front airbags have been designed to
help protect adults in a moderate to
severe frontal collision. To do this
the passenger's front airbag is quite
large and it can inflate with enough
force to cause very serious injuries.
Infants
Never put a rear-facing child seat in
the front seat of a vehicle equipped
with a passenger's front airbag.
the airbag inflates, it can hit the back
of the child seat with enough force
to kill or very seriously injure an
infant.
Small Children
Placing a forward-facing child seat in
the front seat of a vehicle equipped
with passenger's front airbag can be
If the vehicle seat is too
hazardous.
far forward, or the child's head is
thrown forward during a collision, an
inflating front airbag can strike the
child with enough force to kill or
very seriously injure a small child.
Larger Children
Children who have outgrown child
seats are also at risk of being injured
or killed by an inflating passenger's
Whenever possible,
front airbag.
larger children should sit in the back
seat, in a booster seat if needed, and
be properly restrained with a seat
belt (see page 44
If information about protecting larger
children).
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