Protectin
g Childre n
Any child who is too small to wear a seat belt should be properly
restrained in a child seat. (See page 26.)
A larger child should always be restrained with a seat belt. (See page 38.) Childre
n Shoul d Si t i n th e Bac k
Sea t
According to accident statistics, children of all ages and sizes are
safer when they are restrained in the
back seat, not the front seat. The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration and Transport Canada recommend that all children
ages 12 and under be properly
restrained in the back seat.
In the back seat, children are less
likely to be injured by striking hard interior parts during a collision or
hard braking. Also, children cannot
be injured by an inflating airbag
when they ride in the back. Th
e Passenger' s Airba g Pose s
Seriou s Risk s t o Childre n
Airbags have been designed to help protect adults in a moderate tosevere frontal collision. To do this,
the passenger's airbag is quite large, and it inflates with tremendous
speed.
Drive r an d Passenge r Safet y
