Vehicle Seating Position - Safety 1st Guide 65 User Manual

Vehicle Seating Position

Never place a child rear facing in a seating
position with an active frontal air bag.
Check the vehicle owner's manual for
more information about air bag/child
restraint use.
Use the child restraint only on vehicle
seats that face forward.
Do not use on seats that face the sides or rear of the
vehicle.
Use the center seating position if possible.
For vehicles without a back seat, refer to your vehicle
owner's manual.
If you are not sure where to place the child restraint in
your vehicle, consult your vehicle owner's manual, contact
Dorel Juvenile Group Consumer Care Department, or visit
your local Child Passenger Inspection Station. Go to http://
www.safercar.gov/cpsApp/cps/index.htm to find your clos-
est station.
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Children are safer when properly restrained in rear
seating positions than in the front seating positions.
According to National Highway Traffi c Safety Adminis-
tration information, children in rear seating positions
are statistically safer, whether you have air bags,
advanced air bags, or no air bags at all.
To avoid your child being seriously burned, take the
following precautions:
1. Park in the shade or where sun does not directly hit the
child restraint.
2. Cover the child restraint with a sheet or blanket when
not in use.
3. Check for hot seat and buckles before placing child in
child restraint.
To help protect your vehicle seat's upholstery from dam-
age, use a single layer towel underneath and behind child
restraint.
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