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.
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.
Q:
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 sitting in a rear seat outside position, see
“Rear Safety Belt
Comfort
Guides’’ in the Index.
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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