Acura 2001 MDX Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 26)

If the vehicle seat is too

farforward,orthechild’sheadis

thrown forward during a collision, an

inflating 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 the

back seat, not the front seat. The

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration and Transport

Canada recommend that all children

ages 12 and under be properly

restrained in a back seat.

In a back seat, children are less

likely to be injured by striking hard

interior parts during a collision or

hard braking. Also, children cannot

be injured by an inflating airbag

when they ride in the back.

Whenever possible, larger

children should sit in a back seat,

properly restrained with a seat belt.

(See page for important

information about protecting larger

children.)

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 inflates with tremendous

speed.

If

the airbag inflates, it can hit the back

of the child seat with enough force

to kill or very seriously injure an

infant.

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Small Children

Larger Children

Placing a forward-facing child seat in

the front seat of a vehicle equipped

with a passenger’s airbag can be

hazardous.

Infants

Children who have outgrown child

seats are also at risk of being injured

or killed by an inflating passenger’s

airbag.

Never put a rear-facing child seat in

the front seat of a vehicle equipped

with a passenger’s front airbag.

Children Should Sit in the Back

Seat

The Passenger’s Front Airbag

Poses Serious Risks to Children

Protecting Children

Driver and Passenger Safety

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