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ProtectingChildren-GeneralGuidelines
AllChildrenShouldSitinaBack
Seat
ThePassenger’sFrontAirbag
SmallChildren
CanPoseSeriousRisks
Placingaforward-facing childseatin
thefront seatofavehicleequipped
withapassenger’sfront airbagcan
behazardous.Ifthevehicleseatis
toofarforward,orthechild’sheadis
thrownforwardduringacollision,an
inflatingfrontairbagcanstrikethe
childwithenoughforcetokillor
veryseriouslyinjureasmallchild.
Accordingtoaccidentstatistics,
childrenofallagesandsizesare
saferwhentheyarerestrainedina
backseat.TheNationalHighway
TrafficSafetyAdministrationand
TransportCanadarecommendthat
allchildrenage12andunderbe
properlyrestrainedinabackseat.
Frontairbagshavebeendesignedto
helpprotectadultsinamoderateto
severefrontalcollision.Todothis,
thepassenger’sfrontairbagisquite
large,anditcaninflatewithenough
forcetocauseveryseriousinjuries.
Eventhoughyourvehiclehasan
advancedfrontairbagsystemthat
automaticallyturnsthepassenger’s
frontairbagoff(seepage30),
pleasefollowtheseguidelines:
Somestateshavelawsrestricting
wherechildrenmayride.
LargerChildren
Childrenwhohaveoutgrownchild
seatsarealsoatriskofbeinginjured
orkilledbyaninflating passenger’s
frontairbag.Wheneverpossible,
largerchildrenshouldsitintheback
seat,onaboosterseatifneeded,and
beproperlyrestrainedwithaseat
belt(seepage48forimportant
informationaboutprotectinglarger
children).
Childrenwhorideinthebackare
lesslikelytobeinjuredbystriking
interiorvehiclepartsduringa
collisionorhardbraking.Also,
childrencannotbeinjuredbyan
inflatingfrontairbagwhentheyride
intheback.
Infants
Neverputarear-facingchildseatin
thefrontseatofavehicleequipped
withapassenger’sfrontairbag. If
theairbaginflates,itcanhittheback
ofthechildseatwithenoughforce
tokillorveryseriouslyinjurean
infant.
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Product Specification
Categories | Acura Manuals, Acura TL Manuals |
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Tags | Acura TL |
Model Year | 2007 |
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