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Safety information
BEFORE DRIVING
CHILD RESTRAINT
Child restraint requirements
NOTICE
The Australian Road Rules mandate the following age-based requirements for child
restraint and booster seats.
• Children under 6 months
must use an approved, properly fastened and adjusted
rearward facing restraint.
• Children aged between 6 months and under 4 years
must use an approved,
properly fastened and adjusted rearward facing child restraint OR a forward facing
restraint.
• Children aged between 4 years and under 7 years
must use an approved, properly
fastened and adjusted forward facing restraint or an approved boosted seat which
is properly positioned and fastened.
• If a car has two or more rows of seats,
children under 4 years
must not travel in
the front seat.
• If all seats, other than the front seats, are being used by children under 7 years
,
children aged between four and six years (inclusive) may travel in the front seat,
provided they use an approved restraint or booster seat that is properly fitted.
Child restraint precautions
Toyota strongly recommends the use of child restraints that meet Australian Standard
AS1754-2010 or later.
If a child is too large for a child restraint system, the child should sit in the rear seat and
must be restrained using the vehicle’s seatbelt. Refer to “Seatbelts” on page 31.
CAUTION
• For effective protection in automobile accidents and sudden stops, a child must
be correctly restrained, using a seatbelt or child restraint system depending on the
age and size of the child. Holding a child in your arms is not a substitute for a child
restraint system. In an accident, the child can be crushed against the windscreen,
or between you and the vehicle’s interior.
• Toyota strongly recommends the use of a correct child restraint system which
conforms to the size of the child, installed on the rear seat. According to accident
statistics, the child is safer when correctly restrained in the rear seat than in the
front seat.
• Never install a rear-facing child restraint system on the front passenger seat. In the
event of an accident, the force of the rapid inflation of the front passenger airbag
can cause death or serious injury to the child if the rear-facing child restraint
system is installed on the front passenger seat.
• Australian law requires the use of an upper anchor strap on child restraint systems.
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