HONDA 2004 Insight - Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 27)

The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration and Transport
Canada recommend that all children
age
12 and under be properly
restrained in a back seat.
Since this vehicle does not have a
back seat, we strongly recommend
that you do not carry any child who
is not large enough or mature
enough to ride in front (see page
).
Airbags have been designed to help
protect adults in a moderate to
severe frontal collision. To do this,
the passenger’s 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 passenger’s airbag can
strike the child with enough force to
kill or very seriously injure a small
child.
If the passenger’s airbag
inflates, it can hit the back of the
child seat with enough force to kill or
very seriously injure an infant.
If a larger child must ride in
this vehicle, see page for
important guidelines on how to
decide when a child is ready to ride
in the passenger’s seat and how to
properly protect the child.
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Protecting Children General Guidelines
Your Vehicle is Not
Recommended f or Child
Passengers The Passenger’s Airbag Can Pose
Serious Risks Small Children
Larger Children
Inf ants
Placing a f orward-f acing child seat in
the passenger’s seat can be
hazardous.
Never put a rear-f acing child seat in
this vehicle.
Children who have outgrown child
seats are also at risk of being injured
or killed by an inf lating passenger’s
airbag.
Driver and Passenger Saf ety 24
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