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Child
Restraints
Be sure the child restraint
is
designed to be used in a
vehicle. If
it
is, it will have
a
label saying that
it
meets
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
Then follow the instructions
for
the restraint.
You
may
find these instructions on the restraint itself or
in
a
booklet, or both. These restraints
use
the belt system in
your vehicle, but the child also has
to
be secured within
the restraint
to
help reduce the chance
of
personal injury.
The instructions that come with
the
infant
or
child
restraint will show
you
how to
do
that.
Where to Put the Restraint
Accident statistics show that children are safer if they
are restrained in the rear rather than
the
front seat. We at
General Motors therefore recommend that
you
put your
child restraint in the rear seat.
Never
put a rear-facing
child
restraint
in
the
front passenger seat. Here’s why:
A
child
in
a
rewfacing child restraint can be
seriously injured if the right front passenger’s
air bag inflates. This
is
because the back of
a
rear-facing child restraint would be very close to
the inflating air bag. Always secure a rear-facing
child restraint in the rear seat.
You
may,
however, secure
a
forward-facing child
restraint in the right front seat. Before you secure
a forward-facing child restraint, always move the
front passenger seat as
far
back as it will go.
Or, secure the child restraint in the rear seat.
Wherever
you
install it, be sure to secure
the
child
restraint properly.
Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can move
around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in
the vehicle. Be sure
to
properly secure any child
restraint in your vehicle
--
even when no child
is
in it.
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