Knowing your vehicle
Restraint of pregnant women
Restraint of infants and small
children
Many companies manufacture child
restraint systems (often called child
seats) for infants and small children.
An acceptable child restraint system
must always satisfy Canadian Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards. Make sure
that any child-restraint system you
use in your vehicle is labelled as
complying with Federal Safety
Standards.
The child-restraint system should be
chosen to fit both the size of the child
and the size of the vehicle seat. Be
sure to follow any instructions provid-
ed by the child-restraint system man-
ufacturer when installing the child-
restraint system.
Pregnant
women
should
wear
lap/shoulder belt assemblies when- To increase their safety, infants and
ever possible according to specific young children should always be
recommendations by their doctors. restrained by a restraint system
The lap portion of the belt should be approved for their age and size.
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worn AS SNUGLY AND LOW AS
POSSIBLE.
Never allow a child to stand or kneel
on the seat of a moving vehicle.
Never allow a safety belt to be placed
WARNING - Pregnant
women
around both a child and an adult or
around two children at the same
time.
Pregnant women must never
place the lap portion of the safe-
ty belt over the area of the
abdomen where the fetus is
located or above the abdomen
where the belt could crush the
fetus during an impact.
It is best for children to be seated in
the rear seats.
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| Categories | Kia Manuals, Kia Sportage Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2006 |
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