Volkswagen Golf GTI 2016, Owner'S Manual

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does not fit properly, the child must continue to use a booster seat.
Regardless of whether the child is using a booster or is able to
properly wear the standard safety belt properly without a booster
seat, keep your child in the back seat. Accident statistics show that
children are safer on the rear seat than on the front seat.
In a collision, airbags must inflate within a blink of an eye and with
considerable force. In order to do its job, the airbag needs room to
inflate so that it will be there to protect the occupant as the occupant
moves forward into the airbag.
Even Advanced Airbags can injure children when they inflate. A
vehicle occupant who is out of position and too close to the airbag
gets in the way of an inflating airbag. When an occupant is too
close, he or she will be struck violently and will receive serious or
possibly even fatal injuries.
In order for the airbag to offer protection, it is important that all
vehicle occupants, especially children, who must be in the front seat
under exceptional circumstances, be properly restrained and as far
away from the airbag as possible. By keeping room between the
child's body and the front of the passenger compartment, the airbag
can inflate completely and provide supplemental protection in
certain frontal collisions.