Accident statistics show that children are safer
if
they
are restrained in the rear seat. But they need
to
use
the
safety belts properly.
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Children who aren’t buckled up can be thrown out
in a crash.
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Children who aren’t buckled
up
can strike other
people who are.
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CAUTION:
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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