Table of Contents
Advertisement
48
1-3. Child Restraint
Installing Child-Restraint Systems
Accident statistics reveal that a child is safer in the rear seat.
The front passenger's seat is clearly the worst choice for any
child under 12, and with rear-facing child-restraint systems it is
clearly unsafe due to air bags.
Some child-restraint systems now come with tethers and therefore
must be installed on the seats that take tethers to be effective. In your
Toyota, tethered child-restraint systems can only be accommodated in
the three positions on the rear seat.
Some child-restraint systems also employ specially designed LATCH
attachments; refer to "Using LATCH Lower Anchor" (→P. 57).
Even if your vehicle is equipped with front passenger occupant classification
sensor (→P. 78), which automatically deactivates the front passenger air bag,
a rear seat is the safest place for a child of any age or size.
WARNING
Tethered Child-Restraint Systems Work Only on Tether-Equipped Rear
■
Seats
Installation of a tether equipped child-restraint system in the front passen-
ger's seat defeats the safety design of the system and will result in an
increased chance of serious injury if the child-restraint system goes forward
without benefit of being tethered.
Place tether equipped child-restraint systems where there are tether
anchors.
YARIS iA_OM_OM99N89z_(U)
Advertisement
Table of Contents
