Honda 2000 Passport, Owner'S Manual

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Children Should Sit in the
Back Seat
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
recommends that all children ages
12 and under be properly
restrained in the back seat.
In the 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.
The Passenger's Airbag
Poses Serious Risks to
Children
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 inflates with
tremendous speed.
Infants
Never put a rear-facing child
seat in the front seat of a vehicle
equipped with a passenger's
airbag.
If the airbag inflates, it
can hit the back of the child seat
with enough force to kill or very
seriously injure an infant.
Small Children
Placing a forward-facing child
seat in the front seat of a vehicle
equipped with a passenger's
airbag can be hazardous.
If the
vehicle seat is too far forward, or
the child's head is thrown forward
during a collision, an inflating
airbag can strike the child with
enough force to kill or very
seriously injure a small child.
Larger Children
Children who have outgrown
child seats are also at risk of
being injured or killed by an
inflating passenger's airbag.
Whenever possible, larger
children should sit in the back
seat, properly restrained with a
seat belt. (See page
33 for
important information about
protecting larger children.)
Driver and Passenger Safety