GMC 2003 Savana - Manual (Page 46)

Newborn Infants need domplete support,
inoludiny Support tor the head and леек. This
is necessary because a newborn Infant's neck
is weak and Its head weighs so much
compared with the rest of Its body.ln a crash,
an Jnfem in a rear-facing seat settles Into the
rcstrafnl, so the crash forces car> be
distributee! across the strongest part of an
infant's body, the bach and shoulders. Infants
always should be restrained in appropriate
infant restraints. However, infants, who should
be restrained in a rear^facing child restraint,
cannot ride safely in this vehicle.
The body structure of a young child is quite
unlike that of art adult or older chiidi for whom
the safety belts are designed, A young child's
hip bones are stiii so small that the vehicle's
regular safely belt may not remain low on the
hip bones, as it should. Instead, It may sHttle
up around the child's abdomen, in a crash, the
belt would apply force on a body area that's
unprotected by any bony structure. This alone
could cause serious or fatal injuries. Toung
children always should he secured in
appropriate child restraints.
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