Chevrolet Aveo 2016, Руководство пользователя

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Seats and Restraints
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CAUTION
Newborn infants need
complete support, including
support for the head and neck.
In a crash, an infant in a
rear-facing child seat settles
into the restraint, so the crash
forces can be distributed across
the strongest parts of an
infant’s body, the back and
shoulders.
Infants should always be
secured in appropriate infant
restraints.
CAUTION
The body structure of a young
child is different from an adult
or older child, for whom the
safety belts are designed.
A young child’s hip bones are
still so small that the vehicle’s
regular safety belt may not
remain low on the hip bones, as
it should. Instead, it may
settle up around the child’s
abdomen. In a crash, the belt
would apply force on a body
area that is unprotected by any
bony structure. This alone
could cause serious or fatal
injuries.
Young children should always
be secured in appropriate child
restraints.
These restraints use the safety belt
system in your vehicle, but the
child also has to be secured within
the restraint to help reduce the
chance of personal injury. Follow
the instructions that come with
the restraint.
If your vehicle is equipped with
child restraint top strap anchors
and the restraint that you need to
secure has a top strap, see "Top
Strap" later in this section for
information.
If your vehicle is equipped with
child restraint anchors and the
restraint that you need to secure is
equipped with anchor attaching
points, see "Anchors for Child
Restraints with Lower Attaching
Points" later in this section for
information on securing the
restraint.
Accident statistics show that
children are safer if they are
restrained in the rear seat.
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Section 2
CAUTION
A child in a rear-facing child
restraint in the front passenger
seating position could be
seriously injured or killed if the
passenger’s air bag inflates. This
is because the back of the
restraint would be very close to
the inflating air bag.
In vehicles with the front
passenger’s inflatable restraint
system, always secure a rear-
facing child restraint in the rear
seat.
CAUTION
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If, however, you secure a
forward-facing child restraint in
the front passenger seat, be
sure to move the front
passenger seat as far back as it
will go.
CAUTION
Your vehicle may be equipped
with side impact air bags.
Do not install a child restraint in
the front passenger seating
position if the vehicle is
equipped with side impact air
bags.
Children who have outgrown
their child restraint system should
sit in the rear seat, restrained by a
properly fastened safety belt.
Make sure the safety belt restrains
the child properly. The shoulder
portion of the belt should be as far
away from the neck as possible
and the lap portion should be low
across the hips. Check the belt
position occasionally to verify that
it is safely positioned.
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