Seats
&
Safety Belts
40
Larger Children
(CONT.)
Children who aren’t buckled up can
strike other people who are.
I
CAUTION
I
A
Never do this.
Here two children are
wearing the same belt. The belt
I
properly spread the impact
,,,ces. In a crash, the
two
children
can be crushed together and
seriously injured.
A
belt must be
used by
-y
one
son
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
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.