Transporting Children Safely - Mini CLUBVAN Supplemental Owner's Manual

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Safety belts
Your MINI Clubvan is equipped with safety belts
for the driver and passenger.
Also follow the instructions for using safety belts
in the Owner's Manual for the MINI/
MINI Clubman.
Transporting children
safely
Since there is no rear seat, please note the fol-
lowing specifics about transporting children
safely.
Also follow the general instructions for
"Transporting children safely" in the
Owner's Manual for the MINI/MINI
The right place for children
Note
Do not leave children unattended in the
vehicle; otherwise, they could endanger
themselves and/or other persons by opening the
doors, for example.<
Children in the front passenger seat
Should it be necessary to use a child restraint
system on the front passenger seat, make sure
that the front and side airbags for the front pas-
senger side are deactivated.
For more information on automatic deactivation
of the front passenger airbags, refer to the
Owner's Manual for the MINI/MINI Clubman.
If a child restraint system is used on the
front passenger seat, the front passenger
airbags must be deactivated; otherwise, a child
traveling in that seat faces an increased risk of
injury if the airbags are triggered, even with a
child restraint system.<
Children 13 years of age or older must be
buckled in with a safety belt as soon as
there no longer is any child restraint system that
is appropriate for their age, size and
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Clubman.<
weight.<
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Child seat security
The safety belt for the passenger can be pre-
vented from being pulled out in order to secure
child restraint systems.
Child restraint system with tether strap
Use the tether strap securing eye to secure
child restraint systems only; otherwise, the
securing eye could be
There is one additional securing eye for child
restraint systems with tether straps, arrow. The
position is indicated.
Placement of the tether strap
Make sure the upper retaining strap does
not run over sharp edges and is not
twisted as it passes to the top securing eye. Oth-
erwise, the strap will not properly secure the
child restraint system in the event of an acci-
dent.<
damaged.<