Protecting Children General Guidelines; All Children Should Sit In A Back Seat; The Passenger's Front Airbag Poses Serious Risks - Honda Vehicle Owner's Manual

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In most countries, child restraint
systems must meet the
specifications of the ECE 44
regulation.
In many countries, the law requires
children younger than 12 years of
age and less than 150 cm (60 in) in
height to be secured in an officially
approved and suitable child restraint
system. In those countries, officially
approved and suitable child restraint
systems must therefore be used in
order to transport a child on any
passenger seat whatsoever. Please
check your local legal requirements.
Protecting Children
All Children Should Sit in a Back
Seat
According to crash statistics,
children of all ages and sizes are
safer when they are restrained in a
back seat. It is recommended that all
children age 12 and under be
properly restrained in a back seat.
In this vehicle, small or larger
children may also be restrained in
the front centre seat. When using a
front facing child restraint system in
the front centre seat, position the
seat to its rearmost. Never put a
rearward facing child restraint
system in any front seat.
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.
General Guidelines
The Passenger's Front Airbag
Poses 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.
Infants
Never put a rearward facing child
restraint system in the front seats of
a vehicle equipped with a passenger's
If the airbag inflates, it
front airbag.
can hit the back of the child restraint
system with enough force to kill or
very seriously injure an infant.
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