Infants And Young Children; Similar) - Chevrolet CORVETTE Owner's Manual

Infants and Young Children

(Left-hand Drive Shown,
Right-hand Drive Similar)
Everyone in a vehicle needs protection! This
includes infants and all other children.
Neither the distance travelled nor the age
and size of the traveller changes the need,
for everyone, to use safety restraints.
Warning
Children can be seriously injured or killed
if the shoulder belt is worn behind their
back, under their legs, or wrapped around
their neck. The shoulder belt can tighten
Warning (Continued)
but cannot be loosened if it is locked. The
shoulder belt locks when it is pulled all
the way out of the retractor. It unlocks
when the shoulder belt is allowed to go
all the way back into the retractor, but it
cannot do this if it is wrapped around the
child. Never leave children unattended in
a vehicle and never allow children to
improperly wear, or play with, the seat
belts.
Every time infants and young children ride
in vehicles, they should have the protection
provided by appropriate child restraints.
Neither the vehicle's seat belt system nor its
airbag system is designed for them.
Children who are not restrained properly can
strike other people, or can be thrown out of
the vehicle.
Never hold an infant or a child while
riding in a vehicle. Due to crash forces, an
infant or a child will become so heavy it
is not possible to hold it during a crash.
(Continued)
Warning
(Continued)
Seats and Restraints
Warning (Continued)
For example, in a crash at only 40 km/h
(25 mph), a 5.5 kg (12 lb) infant will
suddenly become a 110 kg (240 lb) force
on a person's arms. An infant or child
should be secured in an appropriate child
restraint.
Warning
Children who are up against, or very
close to, any airbag when it inflates can
be seriously injured or killed. Never put a
rear-facing child restraint in the front
outboard seat. Secure a rear-facing child
69
(Continued)