2007 Honda Civic DX DX-G LX EX Si Owners Manual

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ProtectingChildrenGeneralGuidelines
AllChildrenShouldSitinaBack
Seat
ThePassenger’sFrontAirbag
CanPoseSeriousRisks
SmallChildren
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.
Somestateshavelawsrestricting
wherechildrenmayride.
Frontairbagshavebeendesignedto
helpprotectadultsinamoderateto
severefrontalcollision.Todothis,
thepassenger’sfrontairbagisquite
large,anditcaninflatewithenough
forcetocauseveryseriousinjuries.
Eventhoughyourvehiclehasan
advancedfrontairbagsystemthat
automaticallyturnsthepassenger’s
frontairbagoff(seepage25),
pleasefollowtheseguidelines:
LargerChildren
Childrenwhohaveoutgrownchild
seatsarealsoatriskofbeinginjured
orkilledbyaninflating  passenger’s
frontairbag.Wheneverpossible,
largerchildrenshouldsitintheback
seat,onaboosterseatifneeded,and
beproperlyrestrainedwithaseat
belt(seepage46forimportant
informationaboutprotectinglarger
children).
Childrenwhorideinbackareless
likelytobeinjuredbystriking
interiorvehiclepartsduringa
collisionorhardbraking.Also,
childrencannotbeinjuredbyan
inflatingfrontairbagwhentheyride
intheback.
Infants
Neverputarear-facingchildseatin
thefrontseatofavehicleequipped
withapassenger’sfrontairbag. If
theairbaginflates,itcanhittheback
ofthechildseatwithenoughforce
tokillorveryseriouslyinjurean
infant.
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