Accident statistics show that children are safer
if
they
are restrained in
the
rear seat. But they need to use the
safety belts properly.
Children who aren’t buckled up can be thrown out in
a crash.
Children who aren’t buckled up can strike other
people who
are.
Never do this.
Here
two
children are wearing the same belt.
The belt can’t properly spread the impact forces.
In a crash, the
two
children can be crushed
together and seriously injured.
A
belt must be
used by only one person
at a
time.
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What if a child is wearing
a
lap-shoulder belt,
but the child
is
so
small that the shoulder belt
is
very close to the child’s face
or
neck?
A:
Move the child toward the center of the vehicle, but
be sure that the shoulder belt still
is
on the child’s
shoulder,
so
that in a crash the child’s upper body
would have the restraint that belts provide. If the
child
is
so
small that the shoulder belt is
still
very
close to the child’s face or neck, you might want to
place the child in the center seat position,
the
one
that has only a lap belt.
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