Event Data Recorder (EDR)
This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder
(EDR). The main purpose of an EDR is to record, in
certain crash or near crash-like situations, such as an
air bag deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data
that will assist in understanding how a vehicle’s sys-
tems performed. The EDR is designed to record
data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems
for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or
less. The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record
such data as:
• How various systems in your vehicle were operat-
ing;
• Whether or not the driver and passenger safety
belts were buckled/fastened;
• How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the
accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
• How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help provide a better understanding
of the circumstances in which crashes and injuries
occur.
NOTE:
EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a
non-trivial crash situation occurs; no data are re-
corded by the EDR under normal driving condi-
tions and no personal data (e.g., name, gender, age,
and crash location) are recorded. However, other
parties, such as law enforcement, could combine
the EDR data with the type of personally identifying
data routinely acquired during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equip-
ment is required, and access to the vehicle or the
EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manufac-
turer, other parties, such as law enforcement, that
have the special equipment, can read the informa-
tion if they have access to the vehicle or the EDR.
Child Restraints
Everyone in your vehicle needs to be buckled up at
all times, including babies and children. Every state
in the United States, and every Canadian province,
requires that small children ride in proper restraint
systems. This is the law, and you can be prosecuted
for ignoring it.
Children 12 years or younger should ride properly
buckled up in a rear seat, if available. According to
crash statistics, children are safer when properly
restrained in the rear seats rather than in the front.
WARNING!
In a collision, an unrestrained child can become a
projectile inside the vehicle. The force required
to hold even an infant on your lap could become
so great that you could not hold the child, no
matter how strong you are. The child and others
could be badly injured or killed. Any child riding
in your vehicle should be in a proper restraint for
the child’s size.
There are different sizes and types of restraints for
children from newborn size to the child almost large
enough for an adult safety belt. Always check the
child seat Owner’s Manual to make sure you have
the correct seat for your child. Carefully read and
follow all the instructions and warnings in the child
restraint Owner’s Manual and on all the labels at-
tached to the child restraint.
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