HONDA 2000 Passport - Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 36)

seat while pulling on the belt).
Finally, follow instruction number
5 on page
32 to verify that the
child seat is secure.
Additional Precautions for Small
Children
Never hold a small child on
your lap. If you are not
wearing a seat belt in a crash,
you could be thrown forward
into the dashboard and crush
the child.
If you are wearing a seat belt,
the child can be torn from your
arms during a crash. For
example, if your vehicle
crashes into a parked vehicle at
30 mph (48 km/h), a 30 lb (14
kg) child will become a 900 Ib
(410 kg) force, and you will
not be able to hold on.
Never put a seat belt over
yourself and a child. During a
crash, the belt could press deep
into the child and cause very
serious injuries.
Protecting Larger Children
When a child reaches the
recommended weight or height
limit for a forward-facing child
seat, the child should sit in one of
the outer back seats and wear a
lap/shoulder belt. The
lap/shoulder belt provides better
protection than the lap belt.
If a child is too short for the
shoulder part of the belt to fit
properly, we recommend that the
child use a booster seat until they
are tall enough to use the seat belt
without a booster.
The following pages give
instructions on how to check
proper seat belt fit, what kind of
booster seat to use if one is
needed, and important precautions
for children who must sit in the
front seat.
Driver and Passenger Safety
Allowing a larger child to sit
improperly in the front seat can
result in injury or death if the
airbags inflate.
If a larger child must sit in front,
make sure the child moves the
seat as far back as possible
and wears the seat belt
properly.
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