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CHILD RESTRAINTS
Be sure to follow the instructions for the restraint. You mav find thes;:
instructions on the restraint itself or in a booklet. or both. Thesc restraints
use the belt system in your vehicle, but the child also has to be secured
within the reitraint
to help rcduce the chance of pzrsonal injury. The
instructions that come with the infant or child restraint will show you how
to do that.
Where to Put the Restraint
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4. Buckle the belt.
Make sure the
release button is
positioned so you
would be able to
unbuckle the
safety beit quickly
if you ever had to.
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3. c To tighten the belt.
pull up on the
shoulder belt while
you push down on
the child restraint.
To remove the child restraint. just u~~l->uckle the vehicle's safety belt and
let it L go back all the way. The safety bclt will ~IIOVC freely again and be
ready to work for an adult or larger child passenger.
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See the earlier part about the top strap if the child restraint has one.
1. Make the belt as
long as possible by
tilting the latch
plate
and pulling it
along the belt.
3. Secure the child ill the child restraint as the instructions say.
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Position
Your vehicle has ;I right front passenger air hac. Nu~w put 21 rear-facing
child restraint in this seat. Here's why:
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A child in a rear-facing chi.ld restraint can bc serious11 injured
if the right front passenger's air hag inflates. This is because
the hack of a rear-facing child restraint would be very ciase to
the inflating air bag. Always secure a rear-facing child restraint
in the rear seat.
Y(~u'll bc using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part about the top
strap
if the child restraint has one.
I. Because VOLK vehicle has tl right front passenger air hag. always 1110ve
the seat 2;s far back as it will go before sccuring a forward-facing child
restraint. (See "Scats" in the Tndes.)
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
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4. Pick up the 1 atch
plate, and run
the
lap and shoulder
portions
of the
vehicle's
safety
belt through or
around the
restraint. The
child restraint
instructions
will
show you how.
If the shoulder belt goes in front of the child's face or neck, put it
behind the child restraint.
5. Buckle the belt.
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To remove the child restraint, just iinkuckle the vehicle's safety belt and
let it
go back all the way.
The safety belt will move freely again and be ready to work for an adult or
larger child passenger.
- Larger Children
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Children who have outgrown child restraints should wear the vehicle's
safety belts.
If you have the choice, a child should sit next to a window so the child can
wear
a lap-shoulder belt and CI get the additional restraint a shoulder belt
cat1 provide.
Accident statistics show that
children are safer if they are restrained in the
rear seat.
But they need to use the safety belts properly.
0 Children who aren't buckled up can be thrown out in a crash.
0 Children who aren't buckled up can strike other people who are.
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