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.
&:
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 outside position of a
four-door model, 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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