HONDA 2004 Civic Sedan - Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 33)

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According to accident statistics,
children of all ages and sizes are
safer when they are restrained in the
back seat. The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration and
Transport Canada recommend that
all children age 12 and under be
properly restrained in the back seat.
Children who ride in back are less
likely to be injured by striking
interior vehicle parts during a
collision or hard braking. Also,
children cannot be injured by an
inflating airbag when they ride in the
back.
Front airbags have been designed to
help protect adults in a moderate to
severe frontal collision. To do this
the passenger’s front airbag is quite
large and it can inflate with enough
force to cause very serious injuries.
If
the airbag inflates, it can hit the back
of the child seat with enough force
to kill or very seriously injure an
infant.
If the vehicle seat is too
far forward, or the child’s head is
thrown forward during a collision, an
inflating front airbag can strike the
child with enough force to kill or
very seriously injure small child.
Whenever possible,
larger children should sit in the back
seat, in a booster seat if needed, and
be properly restrained with a seat
belt. (See page
for important
information about protecting larger
children.)
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Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Larger children must be restrained
with a lap/shoulder belt and ride on
a booster until the seat belt f its them
properly
Never put a rear-f acing child seat in
the f ront seat of a vehicle equipped
with a passenger’s f ront airbag.
Placing a f orward-f acing child seat in
the f ront seat of a vehicle equipped
with passenger’s f ront airbag can be
hazardous.
Children who have outgrown child
seats are also at risk of being injured
or killed by an inf lating passenger’s
f ront airbag.
Inf ants and small children must be
restrained in an approved child seat
that is properly secured to the
vehicle
All Children Should Sit in the
Back Seat
The Passenger’s Front Airbag
Can Pose Serious Risks
Inf ants
Small Children
Larger Children
Protecting Children General Guidelines
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