General Guidelines For Using Child Seats - Honda 2003 Accord Sedan Owner's Manual

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Protecting Children
Lock all doors and the trunk when
Children
your car is not in use.
who play in cars can accidentally
get trapped inside the trunk and
be seriously injured or could die.
Teach your children not to play in
or around cars. Know how to
operate the emergency trunk
opener and decide if your children
should be shown how to use this
feature (see page 85 ).
Keep car keys/remote
transmitters out of the reach of
Even very young
children.
children learn how to unlock car
doors, turn on the ignition, and
open the trunk, which can lead to
accidental injury or death.
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Driver and Passenger Safety
General Guidelines for Using
Child Seats
The following pages give general
guidelines for selecting and installing
child seats for infants and small
children.
Selecting a Child Seat
To provide proper protection, a child
seat should meet three
requirements:
1. The child seat should meet safety
standards. The child seat should
meet Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard 213 (FMVSS 213)
or Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 213 (CMVSS 213). Look
for the manufacturer's statement
of compliance on the box and seat.
2. The child seat should be of the
proper type and size to fit the child.
Children up to about one
Infants:
year old should be restrained in a
rear-facing, reclining child seat. Only
a rear-facing seat provides the
proper support to protect an infant's
head, neck, and back. See page
30 for additional information on
protecting infants.