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"Forwards-facing"
INSTALLING A CHILD SEAT USING A THREE POINT SEAT BELT
GENERAL POINTS RELATING TO CHILD SEATS
* T h e r u l e s f o r t r a n s p o r t i n g c h i l d r e n a r e
s p e c i fi c t o e a c h c o u n t r y . R e f e r t o t h e
c u r r e n t l e g i s l a t i o n i n y o u r c o u n t r y . Intermediate longitudinal
position
W h e n a " r e a r w a r d s - f a c i n g "
child seat is installed on the
front passenger seat , it is
e s s e n t i a l t h a t t h e p a s s e n g e r
a i r b a g i s d e a c t i v a t e d . O t h e r w i s e , the
child would risk being seriously
injured or killed if the airbag were
t o i n fl a t e . W h e n a " f o r w a r d s - f a c i n g " c h i l d s e a t
is installed on the
front passenger
seat , a d j u s t t h e v e h i c l e ' s s e a t t o t h e
i n t e r m e d i a t e l o n g i t u d i n a l p o s i t i o n w i t h
t h e s e a t b a c k u p r i g h t a n d l e a v e t h e
p a s s e n g e r a i r b a g a c t i v a t e d .
"Rearwards-facing"
A l t h o u g h o n e o f P E U G E O T ' s m a i n c r i -
t e r i a w h e n d e s i g n i n g y o u r v e h i c l e , t h e
s a f e t y o f y o u r c h i l d r e n a l s o d e p e n d s
o n y o u .
F o r m a x i m u m s a f e t y , p l e a s e
f o l l o w t h e s e p r e c a u t i o n s :
- i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h E u r o p e a n r e g - ulations, all children under the
age of 12 or less than one and
a half metres tall must travel in
approved child seats suited to
their weight , o n s e a t s fi t t e d w i t h a
seat belt or ISOFIX mountings * ,
- statistically, the safest seats in
your vehicle for the transpor-
tation of children are the rear
seats,
- a child weighing less than 9 kg
must travel in the "rearwards-
facing" position both in the front
and in the rear.
PEUGEOT recommends that chil-
dren should travel in the rear seats of
y o u r v e h i c l e :
- "rearwards-facing" u p t o t h e a g e
of 2,
- "forwards-facing" over the age
o f 2 .
