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Safe Driving
Child Safety
Protecting Child Passengers
Each year, many children are injured or killed in vehicle crashes because they are
either unrestrained or not properly restrained. In fact, vehicle collisions are the
number one cause of death of children age 12 and under.
To reduce the number of child deaths and injuries, every state, Canadian province
and territory requires that children be properly restrained when they ride in a
vehicle.
Since this vehicle does not have a back seat, Honda recommends that you
do not carry a child, age 12 or under, as a passenger.
This is because:
An inflating front or side airbag can injure or kill a child sitting in the passenger’s
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seat.
A child in the passenger’s seat is more likely to interfere with the driver’s ability
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to safely control the vehicle.
Statistics show that children of all sizes and ages are safer when they are properly
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restrained in a rear seat. Because this vehicle does not have a rear seat, we
recommend that you do not carry a child aged 12 or under in this vehicle.
Protecting Child Passengers
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
and Transport Canada recommend that all children
age 12 and under be properly restrained in a rear
seat. Some states or provinces/territories have laws
restricting where children may ride.
Never put a rear-facing child seat in this
vehicle.
WARNING
Children who are unrestrained or
improperly restrained can be seriously
injured or killed in a crash.
Any child too small for a seat belt
should be properly restrained in a child
seat. A larger child should be properly
restrained with a seat belt, using a
booster seat if necessary.
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