Essential
Safety Equipment
2-21
Child Restraint
You are required by law to use safety
restraints for children in the U.S. and
Canada. If small children ride in your
vehicle
(generally children who are four
years old or younger and who weigh 40
lbs
[18
kg] or less), you must put them in
safety seats made especially for chil-
dren. Check your local and state or pro-
vincial laws for specific requirements
regarding the safety of children in your
vehicle.
Always follow the instructions and
warnings that come with any infant or
child restraint you might use.
When possible, always place children
under age 12 in the rear seat of your
vehicle. Accident statistics suggest that
children are safer when properly
restrained in the rear seating positions
than in the front seating positions.
WARNING
Child Restraint Instructions:
When using any infant or child
restraint
system, it is important that
you follow the instructions and
warnings
provi
ded
b
y t
h
e m
anufac-
turer
c
oncernin
g i
t
s i
nstallatio
n a
nd
use. Failure to follow each of the
restraint
m
anufacturer’s
i
nstructions
could
i
ncrease
t
h
e r
is
k o
r s
everit
y o
f
an injury in the event of a collision
or sudden stop.
WARNING
Installing Child Restraint Seats:
When
installing a child safety seat,
be sure to use the correct seat belt
buckle
for that seating position,
and
make sure the tongue is securely
fastened in the buckle. All child
restraint systems are designed to
be secured in vehicle seats by the
lap
portion of a lap-shoulder belt. If
you do not properly secure the
safety
seat to the vehicle, the risk is
greater that a child, occupying the
seat during a collision or sudden
stop,
will be
injured. An un-secured
safety seat could also injure other
passengers in the vehicle.
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