1998 CHEVROLET S10 Owners Manual

Rear Seat Passengers
(Extended Cab Jump Seats)
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Rear passengers who aren’t safety belted can be thrown
out of the vehicle in a crash. And they can strike others
in the vehicle-who are wearing.slfety . _. belts,
Each jump seat
has a lap belt with no retractor. To
make the belt longer, tilt the latch plate a little and p-ull
the belt.
To .make it shmter, pull the belt as shown until it is :snug.
Buckle and.gosition it
the same way:as the lap part of
the driver’s s~dety belt (see “’Driver Pogition” in the
Index). Make sure. the release buttan cm the buckle is
positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety
belt-quickly if
you ever had bo. To unlatch the belt, just
push the button on the buckle.
Don’t use child restraints on these seats. They won’t
work properly.
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Never hold a: baby in your arms whikriding in a
vehicle, A baby doeen’t weigh much -- until a
crash, During a crash a baby will. becume so
heavy you can’t. hold it.. For example, in-a. crash
at only 25 mph (40 km/hj, a 12-1b,-(5.5 kg) baby
wilI suddenly become a 240-lb. ($10 kg) force-on
your arms. The baby would .be almost. imposiible
to hold.
CAUTION: (Continued)
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C.hild Restraints
udcure the baby in an infant restraint, but be
i . sure ts turn off the- passenger !-s air bag. See
i “Se.curing;-a. Child Restraint in the Right Front
Seat
position'^' in the Index for more on this,
~ including important safety information.
Every time-infants and young children lick in
vehicles., they should have protection provided. by
appropriate; restraints.
.@’ ‘What are. the different ty,pes af’add-on
:chiId restraints?
A: Add-on child restraints are avitilable in four~basic
.types. When decting a child restraint, take-into.
consideration not only the.chil&’s weight
and size,
but
dso- whether or not t.e.restraint .will be
compatible with the qetq V&icl.g in which it
will be used.
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An infant car bed. (A> is a special bed made -€of use
in :a motor vehicle. It's an infant restraint system
designed to restrain orposition a child on -a
continuaus flat surface. With .an.infant car bed,
make sure that the infant's head rests tow.ard th.e
center &he vehicle..
A rear-facing idant restraint (€3) .positionsan infant.
to face the rear of the-vehicle. Rear-facin.g infant
restraints are designedfur infants of up to:about
20 lbs-. (9 kg) and.-about one yearatage. This type
of restrstirit faces: the rear so that the infhnt':s head,
Beck and-body
-can. have the supporcthey need in a
.crash. Some idant seats .cme in ~WO pats. -- the
base stays secured in the vehicle and the seat part.
is removable.
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