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Child Safety

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Safe Driving

An inflating front or side airbag can injure •

or kill a child sitting in the front seat.

A child in the front seat is more likely to •

interfere with the driver's ability to safely

control the vehicle.

Statistics show that children of all sizes •

and ages are safer when they are properly

restrained in a rear seat.

Protecting Child Passengers

The National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration and Transport Canada recommend

that all children age 12 and under be properly

restrained in a rear seat. Some states or provinces/

territories have laws restricting where children may

ride.

WARNING

Children who are unrestrained or

improperly restrained can be seriously

injured or killed in a crash.

Any child too small for a seat belt should

be properly restrained in a child seat. A

larger child should be properly restrained

with a seat belt, using a booster seat if

necessary.

Protecting Child Passengers

Each year, many children are injured or killed in vehicle crashes because they are

either unrestrained or not properly restrained. In fact, vehicle accidents are the

number one cause of death of children age 12 and under.

To reduce the number of child deaths and injuries, every state, Canadian province

and territory requires that infants and children be properly restrained when they

ride in a vehicle.

Children should sit properly restrained in a rear seat. This is because:

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Acura 2011 TSX Sport Wagon User Manual Page 51