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Driving
safety
Proper adjustment of head restraints
Applies to vehicles: with adjustable head restra ints
Correctly adjusted head restraints are an impor-
tant part of your vehicle
'
s occupant restraint sys-
tem and can help to reduce the risk of injuries in
accident situations
.
Fig. 149
Head rest
rai
nt: viewed fro
m
the fro nt
The head restraints must be correctly adjusted to
achieve the best protection.
"Adjust
the head restraint so the upper edge is
as even as possible with the top of your head. If
that is not possible, try to adjust the head re-
straint so that it is as close to this position as
possible¢
fig. 149
.
Move the head restraint so
that it
is
as close to the back of the head as
possible
.
"
If there is a passenger on the
rear
center seat-
ing pos ition, slide the center
head
restraint up-
ward at least to the next notch.
Adjusting head
restraints
¢
page 60
.
A
WARNING
All seats are equipped with head restraints.
Driving without head
restraints
or with head
restra ints
that
are not properly
adjusted
in-
creases the
risk of serious or fatal
neck
injury
dramatically. To help reduce the risk of injury:
-
Always dr ive with the head restraints
in
place and
properly adjusted
.
-
Every
person in
the
vehicle must have a
properly adjusted
head
restraint.
-
Always make sure each
person
in
the
vehicle
properly adjusts
their
head
restraint.
Adjust
the head
restraint
so the upper edge is as
even as possib le with the top of your
head.
If that
is
not possible, try to adjust the head
170
-
restraint so that it
is
as close to this position
as possible. Move the head restraint so that
it
is
as close to the back of the head as pos-
sible
.
-
Never attempt to adjust head restraint
while driving. If you have driven off and
must adjust the driver headrest for any rea-
son, first stop the vehicle safely before at-
tempting to adjust the head restraint.
- Children must always be properly
restrained
in a child
restraint
that is appropriate for
their age and size
¢
page 209.
Examples of improper seating positions
The occupant restraint system can only reduce
the risk of injury if vehicle occupants are properly
seated
.
Improper seating positions can cause serious in-
jury or death
.
Safety belts can only work when
they are properly positioned on the body. Im-
proper seating positions reduce
the
effectiveness
of safety belts
and
will even increase the
risk
of
injury and death by moving the safety belt
to
crit-
ical
areas of
the body.
Improper seating positions
also increase the risk of serious
injury
and death
when an airbag deploys and strikes an occupant
who is not
in
the proper seating position. A driver
is
responsible for the safety of all vehicle occu-
pants and especially for children
.
Therefore:
"
Never allow anyone to assume an incorrect
seating position when the vehicle is being used
9&
.
The following bulletins list on ly some samp le po-
sitions that will increase the risk of serious
injury
and death
.
Our hope is that these examples will
make you more aware of seating positions that
are dangerous
.
Therefore
,
whenever
the
vehicle is
moving:
-
never stand up in the vehicle
- never stand on the seats
-
never
kneel
on
the
seats
-
never
ride
with the seatback reclined
-
never
lie
down on the rear seat
-
never lean
up
against the instrument panel
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