Subaru IMPREZA 2002 Owner's Manual page 62

deployment force.
D The SRS airbags deploy with considerable
speed and force. Occupants who are out of
proper position when the SRS airbag deploys
could suffer very serious injuries. Because
the SRS airbag needs enough space for de-
ployment, the driver should always sit upright
and well back in the seat as far from the steer-
ing wheel as practical while still maintaining
full vehicle control and the front passenger
should move the seat as far back as possible
and sit upright and well back in the seat.
D Do not place any objects over or near the
SRS airbag cover or between you and the SRS
airbag. If the SRS airbag deploys, those ob-
jects could interfere with its proper operation
and could be propelled inside the car and
cause injury.
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
WARNING
D Put children aged 12 and under in the rear
seat properly restrained at all times. The SRS
airbag deploys with considerable speed and
force and can injure or even kill children, es-
pecially if they are 12 years of age and under
and are not restrained or improperly re-
strained. Because children are lighter and
weaker than adults, their risk of being injured
from deployment is greater.
For that reason, we strongly recommend that
ALL children (including those in child seats
and those that have outgrown child restraint
devices) sit in the REAR seat properly re-
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