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ProtectingChildren－GeneralGuidelines
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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| Categories | Honda Civic Manuals, Honda Manuals |
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| Tags | Honda Civic DX, Honda Civic DX-G, Honda Civic EX, Honda Civic LX, Honda Civic Si |
| Model Year | 2007 |
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