Acura 2008 RL User Manual download pdf (Page 42)

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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 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 a small child.

According to accident statistics,

children of all ages and sizes are

safer when they are restrained in a

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 front airbag when they ride

in the back.

The National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration and Transport

Canada recommend that all children

aged 12 and under be properly

restrained in a back seat. Some

states have laws restricting where

children may ride.

Even though your vehicle has an

advanced front airbag system that

automatically turns the passenger’s

front airbag off (see page ),

please follow these guidelines:

If

the airbag inflates, it can hit the back

of the child seat with enough force

to kill or very seriously injure an

infant.

Whenever possible,

larger children should sit in the back

seat, on 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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Protecting Children General Guidelines

The Passenger’s Front Airbag

Can Pose Serious Risks

All Children Should Sit in a Back

Seat

Small Children

Placing a f orward-facing child seat in

the front seat of a vehicle equipped

with a passenger’s f ront airbag can

be hazardous.

Larger Children

Infants

Never put a rear-facing child seat in

the front seat of a vehicle equipped

with a passenger’s f ront airbag.

Children who have outgrown child

seats are also at risk of being injured

or killed by an inf lating passenger’s

front airbag.

Driver and Passenger Safety

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