2017 AUDI TT ROADSTER warning

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-Never install a rearward facing child safety
seat on the front passenger seat if the
PAS ­
SEN GER AIR BA G OFF ,;;
light does not
turn on and stay on. Have the system in­
spected immediately by an authorized Audi
dealer or author ized Audi Service Facility .
A WARNING
-Forward-fac ing ch ild seats installed on the
front passenge r seat may inte rfere with the
deployment of the a irbag and cause serious
persona l injury to the child .
- If except ional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat , the child's safety
and well-being require the following special
precautions to be taken:
- Always make sure that the forward -facing
seat has been designed and cert ified by its
manufacture r fo r use on a front passenger
seat with a front and s ide a irbag.
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instructions provided with the child seat
or i nfant car rier.
- Never p ut the fo rward-facing child re­
stra int up against o r very near the instru­
men t panel.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest posit ion in the up and down
ad justment range and move it back to the
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
aft adjustment range, as far away from
the airbag as possible, before installing
the forward-facing ch ild restraint.
- Always make sure that the safety be lt up­
per anchorage is behind the child restra int
and not next to or in front of the child re­
stra int so that the safety belt will be prop­
erly positioned .
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from be ing
moved to the rearmost posit ion in its fore
and aft adjustment range .
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD p laye r, electronic games de­
vice, powe r inverter or seat heater for
child seats). These may influence the elec-
Ch ild safety
trical capacitance measu red by the capaci­
tive passenger detection system and can
also fly around in an accident and cause
serious personal injury.
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, powe r inverter or seat heat ­
er for child seats) on the front passe nger
seat if the device is connected to the 12-
vo lt socket or the cigarette lighter soc ket.
- If a seat heate r has been retrofitted or
othe rw ise added to t he front passenger
seat, neve r insta ll any child res traint sys­
tem on this seat.
- Make su re that there a re no wet objects
(s uch as a we t towe l) and no w ater or ot h­
er liquids on the front passenger seat
cushion .
- Always m ake sure tha t the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF,;;
light comes on and stays
on all the time whenever the ignition is
switched on .
- Never install a forward -facing chi ld safety
seat on the front passenger seat if the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~ ; light does
not turn on and stay on. Have the system
inspected immediately by an author ized
Audi dealer or authorized A udi Service Fa ­
c ility .
- Always buckle the child seat firmly in
place even if a child is not s itting in it . A
loose child seat can fly aro und during a
sudden stop or in a collision.
- Always read a nd heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child rest raint in a vehi­
cl e
9 page 189, Safety bel ts, 9 page 196,
Airbag system
and ~ page 218, Impor­
tant information.
(j) Tips
A lways replace child restraints that were in­
stalled in a vehicle du ring a c rash. Damage to
a child restrain t th at is not v is ible could cause
i t to fai l in another co llision situat ion .
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Child safety
Advanced front airbag system and children
Your vehicle is equipped with a front "Advanced
Airbag System" in compliance with United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
208 as applicable at the time your vehicle was
manufactured.
The Advanced Airbag system in your vehicle has
been certified to meet the "low-risk" require­
ments for 3- and 6-year old children on the pas­
senger side and small adults on the driver side.
The low risk deployment criteria are intended to
reduce the risk of injury through interaction with
the airbag that can occur, for example, by being
too close to the steering wheel and instrument panel when the airbag inflates. In addition, the
system has been certified to comply with the
"suppression" requirements of the Safety Stand­
ard, to turn off the front airbag for infants up to
12 months who are restrained on the front pas­
senger seat in child restraints that are listed in
the Standard .
Even though your vehicle is equipped with an Ad­
vanced Airbag system, a child should always ride
in the seat properly restrained for its age and
size . The airbag on the passenger side makes the
front seat a potentially dangerous place for a
child to ride. The front seat is not the safest place
for a child in a forward-facing child safety seat. It
can be a very dangerous place for an infant or a larger child in a rearward-facing seat .
The vehicle's Advanced Airbag System has a ca­ pacitive passenger detection system in the front
passenger seat cushion that can detect the pres ­
ence of a baby or a child in a child restraint sys­
tem on this seat.
The capacitive passenger detection system regis­
ters the changes that result in an electrical field
when a ch ild, a child restraint, and a baby blanket
are on the front passenger seat. The change in
the measured capacitance due to the presence of
a child, a child restraint, and a baby blanket on
the front passenger seat is related to the child
restraint system resting on the seat. The meas­
ured capacitance of a child restraint system var­ ies depending on the type of system and specific
make and model.
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The electrical capacitance of the various types, makes, and models of child restraints specified
by the U.5 .National Highway Traffic Safety Ad­
ministration (NHTSA) in the relevant safety
standard are stored in the Advanced Airbag Sys­
tem control unit together with the capacitances
typical of infants and a 1-year old child . When a
child restraint is used on the front passenger
seat with a typical 1 year-old infant, the Ad­
vanced Airbag System compares the capacitance
measured by the capacitive passenger detection
system with the data stored in the electronic con­
trol unit.
Child restraints and Advanced front airbag
system
Regardless of the child restraint that you use,
make sure that it has been certified to meet Unit­
ed States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
and has been certified by its manufacturer for
use with an airbag. If in exceptional circumstan­
ces you must use it on the front passenger seat,
carefully read all of the information on child safe­
ty and Advanced Airbags and heed all of the ap­
plicable WARNINGS. Make certain that the child
and child restraint are correctly recognized by the
capacitive passenger detection system in the
front passenger seat, that the front passenger
airbag is turned off, and that the airbag status is
always correctly signaled by the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF~;
light.
Many types and models of child restraints have
been available over the years, new models are in­
troduced regularly incorporating new and im­
proved designs and older models are taken out of
production. Child restraints are not standardized.
Child restraints of the same type typically have
different weights and sizes and different "foot­
prints", the size and shape of the bottom of the
child restraint that sits on the seat, when they
are installed on a vehicle seat. These differences
make it virtually impossible to certify compliance
with the requirements for advanced airbags with each and every child restraint that has ever been
sold in the past or will be sold over the course of
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For this reason, the United States National High­
way Traffic Safety Administration has published a
list of specific type, makes and models of child
restraints that must be used to certify compli­
ance of the Advanced Airbag System in your vehi­
cle with the suppression requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208. These child
restraints are:
Subpart A - Car bed child restraints
Model Manufactured on or
after
Angel Guard Angel September 25, 2007
Ride AA2403 FOF
Subpart B -Rear-facing child restraints
Model Manufactured on or
after
Century SmartFit 4543 December 1, 1999
Cosco Arriva September 25, 2007
22-013PAW and base
22-999WHO
Evenflo Discovery Ad- December 1, 1999
just Right 212
Evenflo Fir st Cho ice December 1, 1999
204
Graco Infant 8457 December 1, 1999
Graco Snug ride September 25, 2007
Peg Perego Primo Viag- September 25, 2007
gio SIP IMUNOOUS
Subpart C - Forward-facing and convertible
child restraints
Model Manufactured on or
after
Britax Roundabout September 25, 2007
E9L02xx
Cosco Touriva 02519 December 1, 1999
Cosco Summit Deluxe September 25, 2007
High Back Booster
22-262
Cosco High Back Boos- September 2S, 2007
ter 22-209
Evenflo Tribute V September 25, 2007
379xxxx
Child safety
Model Manufactured on or
after
Evenflo Medallion 2S4 December 1, 1999
E venflo Generations September 2S, 2007
352xxxx
Graco ComfortSport September 25, 2007
Graco Todd ler Safety September 25, 2007
Seat Step 2
Graco Plat inum Cargo September 25, 2007
_&. WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make sure
that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF '1,;; light
comes on and stays on whenever a child re­
straint is installed on the front passenger seat
and the ignition is switched on.
- Never install a reward facing child safety
seat on the front passenger seat if the
PAS­
SENGER AIR BAG OFF
'1,;; light does not
turn on and stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer immed iately.
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The child seats listed in categories A to C have
been statically tested by Audi only for the Ad­
vanced Airbag function.
Important safety instructions for using
child safety seats
Correct use of child safety seats substantially re­
duces the risk of injury in an accident!
As the driver, you are responsible for the safety
of everybody in the vehicle, especially children:
.. Always use the right child safety seat for each
child and always use it properly ¢
page 223.
.. Always carefully follow the chi ld safety seat
manufacturer's instructions on how to route
the safety belt properly through the child safe­
ty seat.
.. When using the veh icle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, you must first activate the
convertib le loc king retractor on the safety belt
to prevent the chi ld safety seat from moving
¢page 227. ..,.
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Child safety
"'Push the child safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight so that
the seat cannot move forward and sideways
more than 1 in (2.5 cm).
Always remember: Even though your vehicle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, a
child should always ride in the seat properly re­
strained for its age and si ze.
A WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong
child safety seat or improperly installing a
child restraint increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death.
-All vehicle occupants and especially children
must be restrained properly whenever riding
in a vehicle. An unrestrained or improperly
restrained child could be injured by striking
the interior or by being ejected from the ve­
hicle during a sudden maneuver or impact.
An unrestrained or improperly restrained
child is also at greater risk of injury or death
through contact with an inflating airbag.
- Commercially available child safety seats
are required to comply with U .S. Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 213
(in Canada CMVSS 213).
- When buying a child restraint, select one
that fits your child and the vehicle.
- Only use child restraint systems that fully
contact the flat portion of the seat cush­
ion. The child restraint must not tip or
lean to either side. Audi does not recom­
mend using child safety seats that rest on
legs or tube-like frames. They do not pro­
vide adequate contact with the seat.
- Always heed all legal requirements per­
taining to the installation and use of child
safety seats and carefully follow the in­
structions provided by the manufacturer
of the seat you are using .
- Never let more than one child occupy a child
safety seat .
- Never let babies or older children ride in a
vehicle while sitting on the lap of another
passenger .
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-Holding a child in your arms is never a sub­
stitute for a child restraint system.
- The strongest person could not hold the
child with the forces that exist in an acci­
dent. The child will strike the interior of
the vehicle and can also be struck by the passenger.
- The child and the passenger can also in­
jure each other in an accident.
- Never install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the front passenger
seat . A child will be seriously injured and
can be killed when the passenger airbag in­
flates -even with an Advanced Airbag Sys­
tem.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
- If exceptional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety
and well-being require that the following
special precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has
been designed and certified by its manu­
facturer for use on a front seat with a pas­
senger front and side airbag.
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instructions provided with the child safety
seat or carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat into
the rearmost position of the passenger
seat's fore and aft adjustment range, and
as far away from the airbag as possible be­
fore installing the child restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from being
moved to the rearmost position in its fore
and aft adjustment range.
- Always make sure that the backrest is in
the upright position.
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heat-
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seat if the device is connected to the 12-
volt socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or
otherwise added to the front passenger
seat, never install any child restraint sys­
tem on th is seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water
or oth­
er liqu ids on the front passenger seat
cushion.
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games de­
vice, power inverter or seat heater for
child seats). These may influence the elec­
tr ica l capacitance measured by the capaci­
tive passenge r detection system and can
also fly around in an accident and cause
serio us personal i njury.
- Always buckle the child safe ty seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a collision .
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS when"
ever using a child restrained in a veh icle is
being used¢
page 189, Safety belts,
¢page 196, Airbag system
and
¢ page 218, Child safety.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious in jury, make sure
that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light
comes on and stays on wheneve r a child re­
st raint is ins talled on the front passenger seat
and the ignition is sw itched on.
- Never ins tall a reward facing ch ild safety
seat on the front passenger seat if the PAS­
SENGER AIR BAG OFF~; ligh t does not
t u rn on and stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
authori zed Aud i deale r im mediately.
Ch ild sa fety
Child seats
Infant seats
Babies and infants up to about one year old and
20 lbs or
9 kg need special rearward-facing child
restraints that support the back, neck and head
in a crash .
Fig . 17 1 Rearwa rd-facing infant seat, prope rly installed on
the passenger seat
.,. When us ing the vehicle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, yo u must first activate the
convertib le lo ckin g re tractor on the safety belt
to p revent the ch ild safety seat from moving
¢ page 227.
.,. Push the ch ild safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight so that
the seat cannot move forward and sideways
more than 1 in (2.5 cm).
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs or 9 kg) are
best protected in special infant carriers and child
safety seats designed for their age group. Many
experts be lieve that infants and small ch ildren
should ride only in special restraints in wh ich the
child faces the back of the vehicle . These infant
seats support the baby's back, neck and head in a
cr ash
¢fig. 171.
A WARNING
Not using a child sa fe ty seat, using t he wrong
chi ld safety seat or imprope rly inst alling a
chi ld restraint increases the risk of ser ious
personal injury and death in a crash.
- Never install a rear -fac ing ch ild rest raint in
the forward-facing direction. Such restraints
are des igned for the special needs of infants
and very small children and cannot protect
them proper ly if the seat is forward-facing.
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Child safety
-Never install a rearward facing child safety
seat on the front passenger seat unless the
PASSE NGER AIR BAG OFF,;; light comes
on and stays on. If the
PA SSEN GE R AIR
BAG OFF ,;;
light does not come on and stay
on the inf lating airbag w ill hit the child safe­
ty seat or infant ca rr ier with great force and
will smash the chi ld safety seat and chi ld
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof. Have the airbag system inspected
immediately by your Audi dealer.
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heater
for child seats) on the front passenger seat
if the device is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrof itted or oth­
erwise added to the front passenger seat,
never install any ch ild restraint system on
this seat .
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or other
liquids on the front passenger seat cushion.
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games dev ice,
power inverter or seat heater for child
seats). T hese may influence the e lectr ica l
capacitance measured by the capaci tive pas­
senger detection system and can also fly
around in an accident and ca use serious per ­
sonal injury.
- Always read and heed all WARN INGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
Q page 189, Safety belts,
¢ page 196, Airbag system
and
¢ page 218, Important information.
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Convertible child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safety seats con
help protect toddlers and children over age one who weigh between 20 and 40 lbs (9 and 18 kg)
in a crash .
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Fig. 1 72 Sche matic overv iew : installat ion of t he seat using
the vehicle's safety belt system
""When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, yo u must first act ivate the
convertib le locking retractor on the safety belt
t o prevent the chi ld safety seat from moving
¢ page 227.
"" Push the chi ld safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight so that
the seat cannot move forward or sideways
more than 1 in (2.S cm)¢
page 227.
A toddler or child is usua lly too large for an in­
fant restraint if it is more than one year old and
weighs more than 20 lbs (9 kg).
Toddlers and children who are older than one
year up to about 4 years old and weigh more than 20 lbs (9 kg) up to 40 lbs (18 kg) must always be
properly restrained in a child safety seat certified
for their size and we ight and ¢
fig. 172 .
A WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong
chi ld safety seat or imprope rly installing a
chi ld restrain t inc reases the risk of ser ious
personal injury an d death in a co llision or oth­
e r emergency s ituation.
- Ch ild ren on t he front seat of a ny car, eve n
w it h Advanced Airbags, can be seriously in­
jured or even kill ed when an airbag inflates .
A child in a rearward-facing ch ild safety seat
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seriously injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates -even with an Ad­
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center arm rest, door
or roof.
- Never install a rearward facing child safety
seat on the front passenger seat unless the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light comes
on and stays on.
If the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF ~;
light does not come on and stay
on have the airbag system inspected imme­
diately by your Audi dealer.
- The rear side of the child safety seat should
be positioned as close as possible to the
backrest on the vehicle seat.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used¢
page 189, Safety belts,
¢ page 196, Airbag system and
cc> page 218, Important information.
&_ WARNING
If exceptional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety and
well-being require that the following special precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has been designed and certified by its manufacturer
for use on a front seat with a passenger
front and side airbag .
-Always follow the manufacturer's instruc­
tions provided with the child safety seat or
infant carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat into
the rearmost position of the passenger seat's fore and aft adjustment range, and as
far away from the airbag as possible before
installing the child restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents the
front passenger's seat from being
moved to
the rearmost position in its fore and aft ad­
justment range.
Child safety
- Always make sure the backrest is in an up­
right position.
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heater
for child seats) on the front passenger seat
if the device is connected to the 12-vott
socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or oth­
erwise added to the front passenger seat, never install any child restraint system on
this seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or other
liquids on the front passenger seat cushion.
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games device,
power inverter or seat heater for child
seats). These may influence the electrical
capacitance measured by the capacitive pas­
senger detection system and can also fly
around in an accident and cause serious per­
sonal injury.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
IJ,;; light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ,,,; light
does not come on and stay on have the air­
bag system inspected by your authorized
Audi dealer .
Booster seats and safety belts
Properly used booster seats can help protect
children weighing between about 40 lbs and
80 lbs (18 kg and 36 kg) who are less than 4 ft
9
in (57 in/1.45 m) tall.
Fig. 173 Passenger seat: chil d properly restrained in a
booster seat
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Child safety
The vehicle's safety belts alone will not fit most
childr en until they are at least 4
ft 9 in (57 in/
1.45 m) tall and weigh about 80 lbs (36 kg) .
Booster seats raise these children up so that the
safety belt will pass properly over the s tronger
parts of their bodies and the safety belt can help
protect them in a crash .
"' Do not use the convertible locking retractor
when using the vehicle's safety belt to restrain
a child on a booster seat .
"'The shoulder belt must lie as close to the cen­
ter of the child's collar bone as possible and must lie flat and snug on the upper body.
It
must never lie across the throat or neck. The
lap belt must lie across the pelvis and never
across the stomach or abdomen. Make sure the
belt lies flat and snug . Pull on the belt to tight ­
en if necessary .
Children up to at least 8 years old (over 40 lbs or
18 kg) are best protected in child safety seats de­
signed for their age and weight. Experts say that
the skeletal structure, particularly the pelvis, of
these children is not fully developed, and they
must not use the vehicle safety belts without a
suitable child restraint.
It is usually best to put these children in appro­
priate booster seats. Be sure the booster seat
meets all applicable safety standards.
Booster seats raise the seating position of the
child and reposition both the lap and shoulder
parts of the safety belt so that they pass across
the child's body in the right places . The routing of
the belt over the child's body is very important
for the child's protection, whether or not a boos­
ter seat is used.
Never use the lap belt portion of the vehicle 's
safety belt alone to restrain any child, regardless
of how big the child is. Always remember that
children do not have the pronounced pelvic struc­
ture required for the proper function of lap belt
port ion of the vehicle's three point lap and
shoulder belts . The child's safety absolutely re­
quires that a lap belt portion of the safety belt be
fastened snugly and as low as possible around the pelvis. Never let the lap belt portion of the
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safety belt pass over the child's stomach or abdo­
men.
In a crash, airbags must inflate w ithin a blink of
an eye and with considerable force. In order to do
its job, the airbag needs room to inflate so that it
will be there to protect the occupant as the occu­
pant moves forward into the airbag.
A vehicle occupant who is out of pos it ion and too
close to the airbag gets in the way of an inflating
airbag. When an occupant is too close, he or she
will be struck vio lently and w ill receive serious or
possibly even fatal injury.
In order for the airbag to offer protection, it is
important that all vehicle occupants , especially
any ch ildren, who must be in the front seat be­
cause of exceptional circumstances, be properly
restrained and as far away from the airbag as
possible. By keeping room between the child 's
body and the front of the passenger compart­
ment, the airbag can inflate completely and pro­
vide supplemental protection in certa in frontal
collisions.
,&. WARNING
Not using a booster seat, using the booster
seat improperly, incorrect ly installing a boos­
ter seat or using the vehicle safety belt im­
proper ly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death in a collision or other emer­
gency situation. To help reduce the risk of se­
rious personal injury and/or death:
- The shoulder belt must lie as close to the
center of the child's collar bone as possible
and must lie flat and snug on the upper
body . It must never lie across the throat or
neck . T he lap belt must lie across the pelvis
and never across the stomach or abdomen.
Ma ke sure that the be lt lies flat and snug.
Pull on the belt to tighten if necessary.
- Failure to properly route safety belts over a
child's body will cause severe injuries in an
accident or other emergency situation
<=> page 189.
- The rear side of the chi ld safety seat should
be positioned as close as possible to the
backrest on the veh icle seat.
-