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Cargo Vans with a Passenger Airbag
and without an Airbag Off Switch
CAUTION:
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Children who are up against, or very close to,
an airbag when it inflates can be seriously
injured or killed. Airbags plus lap-shoulder
belts offer outstanding protection for adults
and older children, but not for young children
and infants. Neither the vehicle's safety belt
system nor its airbag system is designed for
them. Young children and infants need the
protection that a child restraint system
can provide.
CAUTION:
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Newborn infants need complete support,
including support for the head and neck. This
is necessary because a newborn infant's neck
is weak and its head weighs so much
compared with the rest of its body. In a crash,
an infant in a rear-facing seat settles into the
restraint, so the crash forces can be
distributed across the strongest part of an
infant's body, the back and shoulders. Infants
always should be restrained in appropriate
infant restraints. However, infants, who should
be restrained in a rear-facing child restraint,
cannot ride safely in this vehicle.
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