Child Restraints - Lotus ELISE 2007 Owner's Handbook Manual

Child Restraints

WARNING:
Lotus strongly recommends that children are not car
ried in the Elise/Exige due to the risk of death or serious
injury if the child is too close to the dashboard when the
airbag inflates.
Accident statistics show that children are safer when properly
restrained in the back seats of cars, an option unavailable on
this model. In addition, your car is equipped with a passenger's
airbag which poses serious risks to children - particularly infants
and small children. If, nevertheless, a child is to be carried in the
car, the following notes are provided for guidance:
When a child is of a physical size whereby the standard
fitment lap and diagonal seat belt will fit satisfactorily, with the
belt positioned over the collar bone and against the centre of
the chest, the standard seat and seat belt should be used. If the
belt touches or crosses the child's neck, the child should NOT
be carried in the Elise/Exige.
WARNING:
• Children should not be carried in the Elise/Exige un-
less they are large enough to be able properly to use
the standard seat belt without any child seat or booster
seat.
• Child restraint systems (other than belt positioning
booster seats) are designed to be secured in the car seat
by the lap belt portion of the lap/shoulder belt. READ
ALL INSTRUCTIONS THAT ACCOMPANY THE CHILD
RESTRAINT OR BOOSTER SEAT.
• Infants who are unable to sit up by themselves,
unsupported, should NOT be carried in the Elise/Exige.
• Never put a rear-facing child seat in the passenger seat
of the Elise/Exige. If the airbag inflates, it can hit the child
or the back of the child seat with enough force to kill or
very seriously injure an infant.
• There is no provision on the Elise/Exige to switch off or
disable the passenger airbag.
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