HONDA 2005 Civic Hybrid - Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 30)

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.
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).
According to accident statistics,
children of all ages and sizes are
safer when they are restrained in a
back seat. The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration and
Transport Canada recommend that
all children age 12 and under be
properly 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.
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 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
All Children Should Sit in a Back
Seat The Passenger’s Front Airbag
Poses Serious Risks
Inf ants
Placing a f orward-f acing child seat in
the f ront seat of a vehicle equipped
with passenger’s f ront airbag can be
hazardous.
Children who have outgrown child
seats are also at risk of being injured
or killed by an inf lating passenger’s
f ront airbag.
Never put a rear-f acing child seat in
the f ront seat of a vehicle equipped
with a passenger’s f ront airbag.
Protecting Children General Guidelines
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