Where to Put the Restraint
Accident statistics show that children are safer
if
they
are restrained in the rear rather than the front seat.
General Motors, therefore, recommends that child
restraints be secured in a rear seat, including an infant
riding in a rear-facing infant seat, a child riding in a
forward-facing child seat and an older child riding in a
booster seat.
Never
put a rear-facing child restraint
in the front passenger seat. Here’s why:
A.
A
child
in
a rear-facing -..ild restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if
the
right front
passenger’s air bag inflates. This
is
because
the back of the rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the inflating air bag.
Always secure a rear-facing child restraint
in
a
rear seat.
You may secure a forward-facing child
restraint
in
the right front seat,
but
before you
do, always move the front passenger seat as
far back as
it
will
go.
It’s
better
to
secure the
child restraint
in
a rear seat.
Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child
restraint properly.
Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can
move around in a collision or sudden stop and injure
people in the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure
any child restraint in your vehicle
-
even when no child
is
in
it.
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