All Children Should Sit In A Back Seat; The Passenger's Front Airbag Can Pose Serious Risks - Honda 2008 Odyssey Owner's Manual

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All Children Should Sit in a Back
Seat
According to accident statistics,
children of all ages and sizes are
safer when they are restrained in a
back seat. The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration and
Transport Canada recommend that
all children aged 12 and under be
properly restrained in a back seat.
Some states have laws restricting
where children may ride.
Children who ride in back are less
likely to be injured by striking
interior vehicle parts during a
collision or hard braking. Also,
children cannot be injured by an
inflating front airbag when they ride
in the back.
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The Passenger's Front Airbag
Can Pose Serious Risks
Front airbags have been designed to
help protect adults in a moderate to
severe frontal collision. To do this,
the passenger's front airbag is quite
large, and it can inflate with enough
force to cause very serious injuries.
Even though your vehicle has an
advanced front airbag system that
automatically turns the passenger's
front airbag off (see page
please follow these guidelines:
Infants
Never put a rear-facing child seat in
the front seat of a vehicle equipped
with a passenger's front airbag.
the airbag inflates, it can hit the back
of the child seat with enough force
to kill or very seriously injure an
infant.
2008 Odyssey
Protecting Children
Small Children
Placing a forward-facing child seat in
the front seat of a vehicle equipped
with a passenger's front airbag can
be hazardous.
too far forward, or the child's head is
thrown forward during a collision, an
inflating front airbag can strike the
child with enough force to kill or
very seriously injure a small child.
Larger Children
35 ), Children who have outgrown child
seats are also at risk of being injured
or killed by an inflating passenger's
front airbag.
larger children should sit in the back
seat, on a booster seat if needed, and
If be properly restrained with a seat
belt. (See page
information about protecting larger
children.)
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