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Booster seats and safety belts
Properly used booster seats can help
protect
children weighing between
about
40
lbs
and
80
lbs (18 kg
and
36
kg) who are less than 4
ft
9
in (57
in/1.45
m)
tall.
Fig.
169
Rea
r
se
a
t;
child properly restrained in a booster
sea
t
The vehicle's
safety
belts
alone will
not
fit
most
children until
they
are
at
least
4
ft
9
in
(57
in/
1.45
m)
tall
and weigh
about
80
lbs
(36
kg).
Booster
seats
raise
these
children
up
so
that
the
safety
belt
will
pass
properly over
the
stronger
parts
of
their
bodies and
the
safety
belt
can help
protect
them
in
a crash.
..
Do
not
use
the
convertible locking
retractor
when
using
the
vehicle's
safety
belt
to
restrain
a child on a
booster
seat.
.. The
shoulder
belt
must
lie as close
to
the
cen-
ter
of
the
child's collar bone
as
possible
and
must
lie
flat
and
snug
on
the
upper
body.
It
must
never lie
across
the
throat
or
neck. The
lap
belt
must
lie
across
the
pelvis and never
across
the
stomach
or
abdomen
. Make
sure
the
belt
lies
flat
and
snug.
Pull on
the
belt
to
tight-
en if necessary.
.. Secure
unused
safety
belts
on
the
rear
seat
~
page
217.
Children
up
to
at
least
8 years old (over
40
lbs
or
18
kg)
are
best
protected
in
child
safety
seats
de-
signed
for
their
age
and weight. Experts say
that
the
skeletal
structure,
particularly
the
pelvis,
of
these
children
is
not
fully developed, and
they
must
not
use
the
vehicle
safety
belts
without
a
suitable
child
restraint.
Child
safety
It
is
usually
best
to
put
these
children
in
appro-
priate
booster
seats.
Be
sure
the
booster
seat
meets
all applicable
safety
standards.
Booster
seats
raise
the
seating
position
of
the
child
and
reposition
both
the
lap
and
shoulder
parts
of
the
safety
belt
so
that
they
pass
across
the
child's body
in
the
right places. The routing
of
the
belt
over
the
child's body
is
very
important
for
the
child's protection,
whether
or
not
a boos-
ter
seat
is
used. Children
age
12
and
under
must
always ride
in
the
rear
seat.
Never use
the
lap
belt
portion
of
the
vehicle's
safety
belt
alone
to
restrain any child,
regardless
of
how big
the
child
is
. Always
remember
that
children
do
not
have
the
pronounced pelvic struc-
ture
required for
the
proper
function
of
lap
belt
portion
of
the
vehicle's
three
point lap
and
shoulder
belts.
The child's
safety
absolutely
re-
quires
that
a
lap
belt
portion
of
the
safety
belt
be
fastened
snugly
and
as low as possible
around
the
pelvis. Never
let
the
lap
belt
portion
of
the
safety
belt
pass
over
the
child's
stomach
or abdo-
men.
In a crash,
airbags
must
inflate
within a blink
of
an eye
and
with considerable force. In
order
to
do
its job,
the
airbag
needs
room
to
inflate so
that
it
will be
there
to
protect
the
occupant
as
the
occu-
pant
moves forward into
the
airbag .
A vehicle
occupant
who
is
out
of
position and
too
close
to
the
airbag
gets
in
the
way
of
an inflating
airbag.
When
an
occupant
is
too
close, he
or
she
will be
struck
violently and will receive serious
or
possibly even
fatal
injury.
In
order
for
the
airbag
to
offer
protection, it
is
important
that
all vehicle
occupants,
especially
any children,
who
must
be
in
the
front
seat
be-
cause
of
exceptional circumstances,
be
properly
restrained
and as far away from
the
airbag
as
possible.
By
keeping room
between
the
child's
body
and
the
front
of
the
passenger
compart-
ment,
the
airbag can inflate completely and pro-
vide
supplemental
protection
in
certain
frontal
collisions .
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