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Main Menu Table of Contents
Protecting Adults and Teens

Introduction 2. Adjust the Front Seats
The following pages provide
instructions on how to properly Your vehicle has a door-open
protect the driver, adult passengers, indicator on the instrument panel to
and teenage children who are large indicate when any door is not tightly Driver
enough and mature enough to drive closed.
or ride in the front.
Locking the doors reduces the
See pages 35 ʵ 52 for important chance of someone being thrown out and Passenger
guidelines on how to properly of the vehicle during a crash, and it
protect infants, small children, and helps prevent passengers from
larger children who ride in your accidentally opening a door and
vehicle. falling out. Safety

1. Close and Lock the Doors Locking the doors also helps prevent Adjust the driver’s seat as far to the
After everyone has entered the an outsider from unexpectedly rear as possible while allowing you to
vehicle, be sure the doors are closed opening a door when you come to a maintain full control of the vehicle.
and locked. stop. Have a front passenger adjust their
seat as far to the rear as possible.
See page 78 for how to lock the
doors, and page 62 for how the door-
open indicator works.
Some models have auto door
locking/unlocking features. See
page 79 for how to set them. CONTINUED

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